Cologne, Minnesota is a small town located in Carver County. With a population of around 4,000 people, Cologne is a peaceful community with strong ties to its local politicians. Every election cycle, the citizens of Cologne have the opportunity to elect and voice their opinion on who will represent them on the city council and other important positions. The candidates who run for office are usually familiar faces from the community and are deeply invested in making sure that their constituents’ needs are being met. They are committed to ensuring that Cologne remains an inviting and safe place for all its residents. At the city council meetings, residents can express their views on various topics such as zoning regulations, development projects, or budgeting matters. No matter who is elected into office each year, the citizens of Cologne can always count on having access to local leaders who strive to bring about positive changes within their community.
The political climate in Cologne, MN is somewhat conservative.
Carver County, MN is leaning conservative. In Carver County, MN 46.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 51.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Carver county remained Republican, 51.2% to 46.4%.
Carver county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Cologne, MN is somewhat conservative.
Carver 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.
Cologne, 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 Cologne, MN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 33 contributions totaling $2,671 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $81 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 50 contributions totaling $3,473 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $69 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)