Dodge Center, Minnesota is a small town in the southeastern part of the state. Despite its size, Dodge Center has a vibrant political culture that engages citizens in both local and national issues. Local politicians are passionate about improving public services for citizens and the community as a whole. Recent initiatives have focused on increasing investment in infrastructure, job creation, and providing access to educational opportunities for residents. The Town Hall meetings are well attended by interested citizens who take an active role in proposing solutions to pressing issues while holding elected officials accountable for their decisions. Beyond Town Hall meetings, civic engagement takes place at the county level through elections and canvassing activities. All together, this creates an atmosphere of open dialogue and participation that drives political change in Dodge Center.
The political climate in Dodge Center, MN is moderately conservative.
Dodge County, MN is strongly conservative. In Dodge County, MN 33.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 63.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Dodge county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 63.9% to 33.5%.
Dodge county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Dodge Center, MN is moderately conservative.
Dodge County, Minnesota is strongly conservative.
Rochester Metro Area is leaning 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.
Dodge Center, 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 Dodge Center, MN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 169 contributions totaling $2,680 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $16 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 68 contributions totaling $26,456 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $389 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)