Franconia, MN is a small town located in Hennepin County along the Mississippi River. It is a community deeply rooted in tradition with a strong sense of civic pride and participation. The city is represented by a mayor and six council members who are elected every two years. The council members focus on solving local issues such as road maintenance, public safety, and economic development. The mayor also serves on committees to ensure that the city policies reflect the needs of its citizens. Local political candidates from Franconia must demonstrate their commitment to their constituents and their platform when running for office. Residents take part in various political events such as town hall meetings to voice their opinions and gain additional information about potential candidates before casting their vote.
The political climate in Franconia, MN is strongly conservative.
Chisago County, MN is strongly conservative. In Chisago County, MN 34.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 63.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Chisago county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 63.4% to 34.2%.
Chisago county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Franconia, MN is strongly conservative.
Chisago County, Minnesota is strongly conservative.
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.
Franconia, 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 Franconia, MN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 334 contributions totaling $34,375 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $103 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 195 contributions totaling $25,938 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $133 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)