Garnes, MN is a small town located in the Midwest United States. Although it is not a major metropolitan area, politics still plays an important role in the daily life of its citizens. Every four years, Garnes residents elect their local representatives to serve on the city council and school board. The council is responsible for setting initiatives and policies that impact the town’s infrastructure, including roads and parks. Additionally, the school board makes decisions that affect the educational system in Garnes. On election day, registered voters come out to the polls to determine who will be their representatives for the next four years. Issues surrounding taxes, growth and development, public safety, and education are among some of the most important issues discussed during these election cycles.
The political climate in Garnes, MN is strongly conservative.
Red Lake County, MN is very conservative. In Red Lake County, MN 31.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 66.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Red Lake county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 66.2% to 31.5%.
Red Lake county voted Republican in five of the last six Presidential elections (2008 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Garnes, MN is strongly conservative.
Red Lake 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.
Garnes, 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 Garnes, MN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 37 contributions totaling $1,856 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $50 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 2 contributions totaling $750 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $375 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)