Elmwood, MN is a small city located in Hennepin County. Its politics are largely influenced by the county and state government, which involves representation from both major political parties. Elmwood has had representatives from both sides of the aisle serve in local, state, and national offices. The city's mayor is an independent who was elected in 2018 with strong support from across the political spectrum. The local legislative body consists of two Republican and two Democratic council members who work together to pass ordinances that benefit the community. Citizens have many opportunities to get involved in local politics too; they can participate in public forums, attend city council meetings, and reach out directly to their representatives when needed.
The political climate in Elmwood, MN is leaning conservative.
Clay County, MN is leaning liberal. In Clay County, MN 50.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 46.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Clay county flipped Democratic, 50.7% to 46.7%.
Clay county flipped Democratic in the most recent Presidential election (2000, 2004 and 2016 went Republican).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Elmwood, MN is leaning conservative.
Clay County, Minnesota is leaning liberal.
Fargo 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.
Elmwood, Minnesota: r r D d r d
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 Elmwood, MN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 7,058 contributions totaling $108,132 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $15 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 260 contributions totaling $175,959 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $677 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)