Centerville, MN is a small town located in the midwestern United States. Although it is a relatively small community, it is still an important part of the larger political landscape in the state. Centerville elects representatives to state and local offices that make decisions that affect the lives of its citizens. This includes electing members to the state legislature, county boards, and mayor. The town also has several smaller local boards and commissions that oversee different aspects of community life. Some of these include planning commissions, school boards, health boards, and more. Local elections are held regularly throughout the year to decide who will represent Centerville's interests at these various levels of government. All citizens are encouraged to participate in these elections so that their voices can be heard in local politics.
The political climate in Centerville, MN is somewhat conservative.
Anoka County, MN is leaning conservative. In Anoka County, MN 47.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 49.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Anoka county remained narrowly Republican, 49.7% to 47.8%.
Anoka county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Centerville, MN is somewhat conservative.
Anoka County, Minnesota is leaning conservative.
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington Metro Area is moderately liberal.
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.
Centerville, 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 Centerville, MN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 814 contributions totaling $48,100 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $59 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 130 contributions totaling $23,279 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $179 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)