Montevideo, MN is a small town located in the southwestern corner of Minnesota. It's a rural community with a population of about 5,000 people that prides itself on its strong sense of community and local pride. Though it is a small town, Montevideo has an active political scene. The city holds elections for various public offices every two years and citizens are actively encouraged to get involved and vote. The current mayor is Michael Bopp and the City Council includes members Joe Brinkman, Tishia Tiede and Zach Hawley. Montevideo also has a District Court Judge Robert J. Poppen, who presides over most local legal matters. All these officials are committed to upholding the core values of Montevideo, including hard work, fairness, equality and helping out those in need.
The political climate in Montevideo, MN is moderately 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
Montevideo, MN is moderately 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.
Montevideo, 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 Montevideo, MN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 162 contributions totaling $8,111 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $50 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 89 contributions totaling $7,954 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $89 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)