Foldahl, MN is a small town nestled in the woods of northern Minnesota. Its population is just over 1,000 residents, making it an especially tight-knit community. The local politics here are just as close-knit, with members of the community coming together to make sure that their voices are heard and their interests are represented. Every election cycle, citizens come out to support candidates from both major parties who share their values and ideals. As elections approach, conversations about the issues facing Foldahl and how the different candidates plan to address them continue to take precedence in regular discourse among locals. Whether discussing education reform or environmental protection, everyone here takes pride in their community and ensuring that they have a say in what its future looks like.
The political climate in Foldahl, MN is very conservative.
Marshall County, MN is very conservative. In Marshall County, MN 25.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 72.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Marshall county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 72.8% to 25.3%.
Marshall county voted Republican in five of the last six Presidential elections (2008 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Foldahl, MN is very conservative.
Marshall 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.
Foldahl, Minnesota: R R d 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 Foldahl, MN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 131 contributions totaling $8,371 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $64 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 75 contributions totaling $10,286 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $137 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)