Dublin, Minnesota is a small town located in the state's southeastern corner. It has a population of just over 1,700 people and is known for its strong sense of community pride. Politically, Dublin is mostly conservative. The city council consists of five members who are elected to four-year terms. There are also two school boards, one for the elementary district and one for the secondary district, both of which are elected by local residents. Elections are held yearly in Dublin with the mayor and council members typically running uncontested. Residents of Dublin take an active role in their local politics and take pride in their town’s history and culture. This commitment to involvement ensures that all voices are heard when it comes to decisions being made about their community.
The political climate in Dublin, MN is strongly conservative.
Swift County, MN is strongly conservative. In Swift County, MN 34.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 63.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Swift county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 63.9% to 34.4%.
Swift county voted Republican in the two most recent Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in the previous four.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Dublin, MN is strongly conservative.
Swift County, Minnesota is strongly 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.
Dublin, Minnesota: d D D d 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 Dublin, MN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 28 contributions totaling $1,589 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $57 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 13 contributions totaling $3,850 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $296 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)