Dahlgren, MN is a small community located in rural eastern Minnesota. The town is known for its close-knit community and tight-knit political connections. Dahlgren has an elected mayor and six members of the City Council, each of whom serve two year terms. Community involvement is highly encouraged and residents often attend council meetings to voice their opinion on local issues. Elections for the mayor and council occur every two years, so there is always an opportunity for change or improvement in the city's policies and governing body. The town also regularly holds referendums on important matters concerning the community as a whole. Dahlgren prides itself on having open dialogue between citizens and elected representatives, making it a great place to live and work.
The political climate in Dahlgren, 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
Dahlgren, 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.
Dahlgren, 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 Dahlgren, MN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,428 contributions totaling $63,693 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $26 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 324 contributions totaling $470,204 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $1,451 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)