Columbus, Minnesota is a small town located in Anoka County and is part of the Minneapolis-St. Paul metropolitan area. It is home to just over 4,000 people and is a great example of a peaceful midwestern community. Locally, Columbus has an elected mayor who works alongside the town council to create and enforce laws that meet the needs of the residents. Other elected officials include a clerk/treasurer and four city council members who serve two-year terms. Additionally, Columbus residents have representation in the state legislature with both state senators and representatives. In terms of local political candidates, there are several who are running for office throughout Anoka County every election cycle. Everyone in Columbus takes part in civic duty by voting on important issues that affect their community directly. The local government works hard to ensure all residents feel heard when it comes to making decisions about their town's future.
The political climate in Columbus, 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
Columbus, 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.
Columbus, 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 Columbus, MN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,359 contributions totaling $78,782 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $58 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 340 contributions totaling $64,444 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $190 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)