Macsville, MN is a small town with an active and engaged local political landscape. Macsville prides itself on its open and honest dialogue between citizens and elected officials, which helps to bring about positive changes in the community. The city council is comprised of both long-time residents as well as newcomers who have made meaningful contributions to the local politics. Every four years, the residents of Macsville elect new city council members and mayors who work hard to ensure that all voices are heard and respected in the decision-making process. These elections often involve passionate debates amongst candidates regarding public issues, such as taxes, infrastructure development, education policy, and other important topics. Macsville's civic engagement has been recognized by many organizations throughout the state and beyond for its commitment to engaging citizens in meaningful ways to create a brighter future for their community.
The political climate in Macsville, 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
Macsville, 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.
Macsville, 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 Macsville, MN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2 contributions totaling $2,800 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $1,400 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1 contributions totaling $200 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $200 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)