Graham, MN is a small town located in the southwestern corner of Minnesota. Politically, Graham has traditionally been a staunchly conservative area, favoring Republican candidates at both the state and federal levels. However, in recent years there has been an increase in support for more progressive causes and candidates. In 2018, the election saw the incumbent Democrat candidate for state representative retain their seat in Graham, after earlier having won it back from a long-term Republican. This showed that the residents of Graham are willing to elect representatives who they believe will best serve them and their community. Although local politics are not as visible or discussed as those at higher levels of government, the people of Graham still take part in shaping their own future through electing those who represent their values and beliefs.
The political climate in Graham, MN is very conservative.
Benton County, MN is very conservative. In Benton County, MN 32.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 64.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Benton county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 64.6% to 32.7%.
Benton county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Graham, MN is very conservative.
Benton County, Minnesota is very conservative.
St. Cloud Metro Area is strongly 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.
Graham, 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 Graham, MN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 547 contributions totaling $28,685 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $52 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 161 contributions totaling $58,331 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $362 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)