Cannon Falls, Minnesota is a small, rural town located in Goodhue County. The town has a strong sense of community and is involved with local politics. Local elections are held every two years for the City Council, Mayor, City Clerk-Treasurer, and other elected offices. The City Council sets the budget each year for municipal services and oversees city regulations. They also interact with other governing bodies, such as the county and state governments. Local citizen engagement is encouraged by the availability of various meetings to discuss local policy decisions as well as community outreach efforts. Additionally, there are several active political organizations that work to educate citizens on current issues and encourage voter participation in local elections.
The political climate in Cannon Falls, MN is somewhat conservative.
Goodhue County, MN is somewhat conservative. In Goodhue County, MN 41.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 56.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Goodhue county remained strongly Republican, 56.1% to 41.2%.
Goodhue county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Cannon Falls, MN is somewhat conservative.
Goodhue County, Minnesota is somewhat conservative.
Red Wing Metro Area is somewhat conservative.
Minnesota is leaning liberal.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index is based on recent voting in national elections, federal campaign contributions by local residents, and consumer personality profiles.
VoteWord™
Displaying 20 years of Presidential voting, visualized in one word.
Cannon Falls, Minnesota: r r r r R R
How It Works:
Here at BestPlaces, we were looking at the voting patterns since the 2000 election and realized that we could express the results of each election as one letter. R if the Republican Party candidate won, D if the Democratic Party candidate won and I if the Independent Party candidate won. The six elections (2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016, 2020) would be expressed as six-letter word (R R D R R).
Then we went a little further and added the dimension of magnitude. If the difference of victory was greater than 10 percent, the letter is upper case, and lower case if the difference was less than 10 percent. This allows us to see interesting voting patterns at just a glance.
Here's the VoteWord for Iowa d r d d r. In the last six elections the state has been closely contested, voting narrowly for the Republican Party candidate in 2016 and 2020 after voting for the Democratic Party in 2008 and 2012. Virginia (r r d d d D) has voted for the Democratic Party in the last three elections.
Individual Campaign Contributions in Cannon Falls, MN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 213 contributions totaling $7,257 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $34 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 88 contributions totaling $18,712 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $213 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)