Jones, MN is a small rural town with a population of just over 4,000 people. The politics in Jones are quite different than those of larger cities and towns. In Jones, people tend to vote more along party lines, with local candidates playing less of a role in the decision-making process. The two main political parties in the area are the Democrats and Republicans. During local elections, these two parties compete against each other for votes. While there may be some independent candidates running for office from time to time, they do not usually make much of an impact on the outcome of any given election. Despite this, voting is still important in Jones and citizens take their civic duty seriously when deciding who should lead the town into the future.
The political climate in Jones, MN is moderately conservative.
Beltrami County, MN is leaning conservative. In Beltrami County, MN 47.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 50.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Beltrami county remained Republican, 50.4% to 47.2%.
Beltrami county voted Republican again in 2020, after voting Democratic in 2012, 2008, and 2004.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Jones, MN is moderately conservative.
Beltrami County, Minnesota is leaning conservative.
Bemidji 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.
Jones, Minnesota: r d D d 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 Jones, MN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,687 contributions totaling $81,462 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $48 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 306 contributions totaling $34,696 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $113 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)