Eureka, MN is a small rural city located in the southwest corner of Minnesota. The city has a strong sense of community and pride that can be seen in the many events and activities held throughout the year. Politically, Eureka is part of Goodhue County and is represented by both state representatives and senators as well as members of the US House of Representatives. The current mayor is Mark Drugan and he has been very active in promoting the city's growth through numerous initiatives such as increasing public safety, maintaining infrastructure improvements, and developing special districting to further benefit all citizens. There are also several local organizations that focus on addressing issues related to education, economic development, environmental advocacy, and more. As a whole, Eureka’s political atmosphere embraces an open dialogue between citizens and local government to ensure that all voices are heard and respected when it comes to policy decisions.
The political climate in Eureka, MN is leaning conservative.
Dakota County, MN is somewhat liberal. In Dakota County, MN 55.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 41.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Dakota county remained strongly Democratic, 55.7% to 41.8%.
Dakota county voted Democratic in the four most recent Presidential elections, after 2000 and 2004 went Republican.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Eureka, MN is leaning conservative.
Dakota County, Minnesota is somewhat liberal.
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington Metro Area is moderately liberal.
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.
Eureka, Minnesota: r r d d d 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 Eureka, MN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 7,052 contributions totaling $477,235 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $68 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 886 contributions totaling $195,247 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $220 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)