Holmes City, MN is a bustling town with plenty of political activity. The city is governed by an elected mayor and council, and the local population is involved in many issues that affect their community. There are several city-wide initiatives that have been spearheaded by the mayor and council such as creating more job opportunities for residents, implementing policies to protect the environment, and pushing for equitable funding for schools. Elections for mayor and city council occur every two years and there are numerous candidates who run each cycle. During these elections, citizens come out in droves to support their preferred candidate and discuss the major issues facing Holmes City. The passionate debates that occur during campaign season reflect how much people care about their hometown's future.
The political climate in Holmes City, MN is strongly conservative.
Douglas County, MN is very conservative. In Douglas County, MN 32.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 65.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Douglas county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 65.4% to 32.6%.
Douglas county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Holmes City, MN is strongly conservative.
Douglas County, Minnesota is very conservative.
Alexandria Metro Area 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.
Holmes City, 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 Holmes City, MN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 315 contributions totaling $21,339 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $68 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 450 contributions totaling $56,112 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $125 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)