Goose Prairie, MN, is a small town with just over 500 people. Despite its size, the citizens of Goose Prairie take their politics seriously. Every election season, the town hall is filled with passionate debates about the issues and potential candidates to represent them in local government. In recent years, more and more citizens have become involved in the local political process, volunteering for various campaigns and attending community meetings to make sure their voices are heard. All of this has resulted in a vibrant political environment where all residents feel like they can participate in making change happen.
The political climate in Goose Prairie, MN is somewhat conservative.
Clay County, MN is leaning liberal. In Clay County, MN 50.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 46.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Clay county flipped Democratic, 50.7% to 46.7%.
Clay county flipped Democratic in the most recent Presidential election (2000, 2004 and 2016 went Republican).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Goose Prairie, MN is somewhat conservative.
Clay County, Minnesota is leaning liberal.
Fargo 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.
Goose Prairie, Minnesota: r r D d r d
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 Goose Prairie, MN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 40 contributions totaling $2,974 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $74 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 97 contributions totaling $16,502 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $170 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)