Leenthrop, MN is a small city in the Midwestern United States with a population of approximately 12,000 people. The city has a mayor-council form of government and the current mayor is Joe Smith, who was elected to his fourth term in 2020. The city council consists of nine members including the mayor. The council meets regularly to discuss issues concerning the citizens of Leenthrop. They focus on paving roads, building schools and parks, and providing public services such as water and sewage treatment. In addition to this, they also focus on local economic development initiatives and creating jobs for residents. The political parties in Leenthrop are largely Democratic and Republican and candidates from both sides are actively campaigning for office during elections. Voter turnout has been high in recent years with many citizens exercising their right to vote in order to make sure their voice is heard in local politics.
The political climate in Leenthrop, MN is strongly conservative.
Chippewa County, MN is strongly conservative. In Chippewa County, MN 33.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 64.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Chippewa county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 64.3% to 33.7%.
Chippewa county voted Republican again in 2020, after voting Democratic in 2012, 2008, and 2004.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Leenthrop, MN is strongly conservative.
Chippewa 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.
Leenthrop, 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 Leenthrop, MN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 277 contributions totaling $12,751 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $46 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 128 contributions totaling $14,639 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $114 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)