Le Sueur, Minnesota is a small city with a population of about 4,000 people. It is located in the southern part of the state and is part of the greater Mankato metropolitan area. The city is governed by a mayor-council form of government, with five City Council members elected from the community. The current mayor is Joel Peterson, who was re-elected in 2018. Le Sueur has an active political scene with several local civic organizations and political groups operating within the community. Local issues addressed in recent years include economic development, environmental protection and public safety. The city also provides numerous public services such as police and fire protection, water and sewer services, parks and recreation programs, library services, and more. Political candidates running for office provide residents with an opportunity to voice their opinions on local issues as well as discuss the policies that are important to them.
The political climate in Le Sueur, MN is moderately conservative.
Le Sueur County, MN is strongly conservative. In Le Sueur County, MN 33.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 64.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Le Sueur county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 64.1% to 33.7%.
Le Sueur county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Le Sueur, MN is moderately conservative.
Le Sueur County, Minnesota is strongly conservative.
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington Metro Area is moderately liberal.
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.
Le Sueur, 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 Le Sueur, MN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 672 contributions totaling $44,397 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $66 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 284 contributions totaling $356,702 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $1,256 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)