Cascade, MN is a small town located in southern Minnesota. Despite its size, the town has a vibrant political climate that often reflects the issues and concerns of the larger state. Issues such as education, healthcare, jobs, infrastructure improvements, and taxes are hotly debated among those who live in Cascade. Local political candidates running for office in Cascade must be able to address these issues while presenting their own unique perspective on them. Popular topics of discussion also include the environment, crime reduction strategies, and how to best utilize the town's resources. The residents of Cascade take their right to vote seriously and actively participate in local politics by attending debates and discussing topics with political candidates.
The political climate in Cascade, MN is leaning conservative.
Olmsted County, MN is somewhat liberal. In Olmsted County, MN 54.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 43.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Olmsted county remained strongly Democratic, 54.2% to 43.4%.
Olmsted county voted Democratic in the four most recent Presidential elections, after 2000 and 2004 went Republican.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Cascade, MN is leaning conservative.
Olmsted County, Minnesota is somewhat liberal.
Rochester Metro Area is leaning 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.
Cascade, Minnesota: r r d d d D
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 Cascade, MN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 8,215 contributions totaling $670,835 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $82 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,838 contributions totaling $485,252 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $264 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)