Mount Pleasant, MN has a long history of political involvement. The town is currently run by an elected mayor and five-member city council that work together to ensure the best interests of the community members are met. In addition to local leaders, Mount Pleasant also sends representatives to the state legislature in St. Paul, as well as two congressional representatives for the federal government. Every year, citizens have the chance to vote for their chosen candidate in each of these races. This ensures that all voices within the community can be heard and represented at every level of government.
The political climate in Mount Pleasant, MN is strongly conservative.
Wabasha County, MN is strongly conservative. In Wabasha County, MN 35.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 62.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Wabasha county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 62.1% to 35.8%.
Wabasha county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Mount Pleasant, MN is strongly conservative.
Wabasha County, Minnesota is strongly conservative.
Rochester Metro Area is leaning 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.
Mount Pleasant, 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 Mount Pleasant, MN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 212 contributions totaling $12,930 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $61 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 56 contributions totaling $8,692 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $155 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)