Land, MN is a small town located in the Midwest region of the United States. It is home to approximately 5,000 citizens who take part in local politics and use their voice to effect change. Every two years the town holds elections for Mayor, Town Council members and State Representatives. The Mayor serves as the head of Land’s government while Town Council members are elected to represent the interests of each district within the town. Local candidates are nominated by residents of Land and must campaign in order to gain support and get elected. These campaigns focus on issues that are important to the citizens such as public safety, economic development, education and healthcare. Each year there is an election season when these candidates meet with voters in public forums or participate in debates regarding local issues. After all votes are cast, citizens come together to celebrate new leaders and commit themselves to continuing their civic involvement throughout the term of office.
The political climate in Land, MN is strongly conservative.
Grant County, MN is strongly conservative. In Grant County, MN 35.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 62.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Grant county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 62.1% to 35.6%.
Grant county voted Republican in five of the last six Presidential elections (2008 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Land, MN is strongly conservative.
Grant County, Minnesota 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.
Land, Minnesota: r r d 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 Land, MN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 14 contributions totaling $134 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $10 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 17 contributions totaling $4,485 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $264 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)