The politics in Connelly, MN are varied and complex. The city is a part of the larger state legislature, which is responsible for setting laws and regulations that affect residents. At the local level, there are several elected offices with representatives from different political parties. Elections for these offices typically take place every two years and often feature a range of candidates who have their own specific platforms. For example, in the most recent election, there were three candidates running for mayor: an independent candidate, a Democrat, and a Republican. Each candidate had their own ideas on how to improve life in the city for its citizens. Additionally, Connelly has a number of active citizen-led initiatives such as community gardens and local economic development projects that require strong leadership from city officials to ensure they succeed. Whatever your political views may be, Connelly is sure to have something to offer you when it comes to politics.
The political climate in Connelly, MN is strongly conservative.
Wilkin County, MN is very conservative. In Wilkin County, MN 29.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 67.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Wilkin county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 67.9% to 29.9%.
Wilkin county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Connelly, MN is strongly conservative.
Wilkin County, Minnesota is very conservative.
Wahpeton Metro Area is very 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.
Connelly, 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 Connelly, MN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 35 contributions totaling $6,897 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $197 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 48 contributions totaling $4,617 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $96 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)