The small town of Eckles, MN is known for its community-focused style of governance. Local politics are based on collaboration between citizens and their representatives in order to provide the most beneficial policies for the town. There is a long history of citizen involvement in decision-making regarding local issues and candidates are chosen based on their ability to reflect the values and interests of the community. The town council meets regularly to discuss laws, regulations, budgeting, public services and other important matters that affect citizens' lives. Residents can attend these meetings or participate through online forums to make sure their voices are heard. As a whole, the people of Eckles take great pride in their political system as it furthers their collective goals.
The political climate in Eckles, MN is somewhat conservative.
Beltrami County, MN is leaning conservative. In Beltrami County, MN 47.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 50.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Beltrami county remained Republican, 50.4% to 47.2%.
Beltrami county voted Republican again in 2020, after voting Democratic in 2012, 2008, and 2004.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Eckles, MN is somewhat conservative.
Beltrami County, Minnesota is leaning conservative.
Bemidji 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.
Eckles, Minnesota: r 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 Eckles, MN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,687 contributions totaling $81,462 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $48 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 306 contributions totaling $34,696 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $113 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)