Florence, Minnesota is a small town located in St. Louis County. It has a population of approximately 2,000 people and is known for its rural charm and tight-knit community spirit. Politically speaking, Florence is primarily a Democratic stronghold that typically votes in favor of liberal causes and candidates. The current mayor of Florence is Clifford Hegge, who was elected in 2018 and re-elected for another term in 2020. Other local political candidates from the area include Democrats Chris Dahlberg and David Wahlberg, Republican Art Johnston, along with several independent candidates running at the local level. Regardless of their political views, these candidates are all dedicated to doing what’s best for the residents of Florence and its surrounding areas.
The political climate in Florence, MN is strongly conservative.
Lyon County, MN is strongly conservative. In Lyon County, MN 35.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 61.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Lyon county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 61.9% to 35.9%.
Lyon county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Florence, MN is strongly conservative.
Lyon County, Minnesota is strongly conservative.
Marshall Metro Area is strongly 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.
Florence, 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 Florence, MN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 33 contributions totaling $1,407 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $43 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1 contributions totaling $1,000 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $1,000 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)