Elmo, MN is a small town in the Midwest with a population of approximately 4,000 people. The local politics are run by an elected five-member Town Council that works together to make decisions about pressing issues such as zoning regulations, taxes, public safety and budgets. They also appoint members to various boards and commissions that advise on various matters such as transportation, parks and recreation, health services and more. Residents of Elmo have the opportunity to get involved in the political process by running for local office or attending one of the regularly held town hall meetings. At these meetings, residents can voice their opinions on local issues and work together to find solutions that benefit everyone in the community.
The political climate in Elmo, MN is strongly conservative.
Otter Tail County, MN is very conservative. In Otter Tail County, MN 32.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 65.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Otter Tail county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 65.4% to 32.9%.
Otter Tail county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Elmo, MN is strongly conservative.
Otter Tail County, Minnesota is very conservative.
Fergus Falls 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.
Elmo, 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 Elmo, MN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 775 contributions totaling $19,691 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $25 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 36 contributions totaling $4,717 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $131 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)