Emerald, MN is a small city located in the Midwest. It is home to a diverse population of people who are engaged in the local political process. The city is currently led by Mayor Tim Smith and several City Council members including Rebecca Tompkins, Joe Smithson, and Tom Johnson. The City Council meets regularly to discuss issues that affect the residents of Emerald, from budgets and infrastructure to community programming. In addition to having an active city government, Emerald also holds local elections each year to elect representatives for various offices such as mayor, district attorney, county supervisor, and school board member. Residents of Emerald take part in these elections by researching candidates’ platforms and voting on election day. With a commitment to democracy and representation from all voices within the community, politics in Emerald remain strong and vibrant.
The political climate in Emerald, MN is strongly conservative.
Faribault County, MN is very conservative. In Faribault County, MN 32.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 65.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Faribault county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 65.6% to 32.0%.
Faribault county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Emerald, MN is strongly conservative.
Faribault County, Minnesota 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.
Emerald, 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 Emerald, MN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 127 contributions totaling $28,442 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $224 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 82 contributions totaling $43,099 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $526 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)