Luxemburg is a small, rural town in Minnesota with a population of about 880 people. It is governed by a mayor and city council consisting of four members who are all elected at large in the same election. The city council is responsible for considering issues that impact the community and developing ordinances to regulate the municipality. Luxemburg holds elections every two years for mayor and council members, giving residents the opportunity to vote for their preferred candidates and make their voices heard in local politics. The current mayor is Mark Lee, an experienced politician with ties to the town's history. Political issues in Luxemburg range from infrastructure and public safety concerns to economic development initiatives and educational programs. The political atmosphere in Luxemburg is generally cooperative among the various parties, though there may be disagreements on some matters. Though small, Luxemburg has its own unique set of government proceedings, allowing citizens to take part in making decisions that affect their lives directly.
The political climate in Luxemburg, MN is strongly conservative.
Stearns County, MN is moderately conservative. In Stearns County, MN 37.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 60.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Stearns county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 60.1% to 37.6%.
Stearns county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Luxemburg, MN is strongly conservative.
Stearns County, Minnesota is moderately conservative.
St. Cloud Metro Area 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.
Luxemburg, 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 Luxemburg, MN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 146 contributions totaling $7,453 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $51 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 113 contributions totaling $13,977 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $124 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)