La Grand, MN is a small, rural town located in the Midwestern United States. The town has a rich political history and is known for its strong commitment to local politics. While most of the politics are driven by local organizations and individuals, La Grand does participate in state and national elections as well. During election cycles, candidates from both major parties come to La Grand to talk with citizens about important issues that affect their lives such as healthcare reform and job growth. Throughout its history, La Grand has maintained a reputation for being an engaged and passionate community when it comes to engaging in the political process.
The political climate in La Grand, 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
La Grand, 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.
La Grand, 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 La Grand, MN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 320 contributions totaling $22,742 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $71 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 444 contributions totaling $55,895 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $126 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)