Forestville, MN is a small town in the midwest with a population of about 5,000 people. The political landscape in Forestville is generally quite conservative and the main focus of politics is on local issues. This includes things like taxes, infrastructure funding, and environmental initiatives. The local political candidates are usually from either the Republican or Democratic party and tend to represent the views of their constituents well. Voting turnout tends to be high as the citizens of Forestville take pride in staying informed and engaged with local politics.
The political climate in Forestville, MN is strongly conservative.
Fillmore County, MN is moderately conservative. In Fillmore County, MN 37.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 60.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Fillmore county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 60.1% to 37.5%.
Fillmore county voted Republican in the two most recent Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in the previous four.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Forestville, MN is strongly conservative.
Fillmore County, Minnesota is moderately conservative.
Rochester 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.
Forestville, Minnesota: d d d d 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 Forestville, MN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 100 contributions totaling $7,784 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $78 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 30 contributions totaling $6,767 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $226 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)