Miesville, MN is a small town located in the northern part of the state. While it's population may be small, Miesville is an active part of the political landscape in Minnesota. The local government is made up of elected officials who serve on the City Council, which oversees all city activities and makes decisions on local laws and regulations. At the state level, Miesville residents are represented by two members of the House and one Senator in Washington D.C., who all work to ensure that Miesville's interests are taken into account when making policy decisions. Additionally, there are many local initiatives such as a ballot initiative to raise funds for school improvements that have been successful due to dedicated citizens getting involved with their community. Local candidates run for office each election cycle and give residents a chance to make their voices heard in the political arena. By engaging with local politics, Miesville residents can have a direct impact on how their community evolves over time.
The political climate in Miesville, MN is leaning conservative.
Dakota County, MN is somewhat liberal. In Dakota County, MN 55.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 41.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Dakota county remained strongly Democratic, 55.7% to 41.8%.
Dakota county voted Democratic in the four most recent Presidential elections, after 2000 and 2004 went Republican.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Miesville, MN is leaning conservative.
Dakota County, Minnesota is somewhat liberal.
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.
Miesville, Minnesota: r r d d d D
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 Miesville, MN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 744 contributions totaling $82,561 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $111 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 323 contributions totaling $60,567 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $188 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)