Kasson, Minnesota is a small city located in Dodge County with a population of about 7,600 people. It has a mayor-council system of government and the current mayor is Steve Knaack. The city council consists of six members elected at large and serves four-year terms. Elections for local offices are held in November of odd-numbered years. Kasson is known for its commitment to representing the interests of its citizens. Issues such as maintaining property values, economic development, and providing quality services are important to residents here and city officials take an active role in addressing these issues. With an engaged citizenry and well-run government, Kasson is a great place to live.
The political climate in Kasson, MN is moderately conservative.
Dodge County, MN is strongly conservative. In Dodge County, MN 33.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 63.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Dodge county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 63.9% to 33.5%.
Dodge county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Kasson, MN is moderately conservative.
Dodge County, Minnesota is strongly conservative.
Rochester 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.
Kasson, 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 Kasson, MN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 150 contributions totaling $9,273 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $62 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 40 contributions totaling $13,720 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $343 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)