New Independence, MN is the proud home of a thriving community. It has strong roots in politics, with citizens who are politically engaged and active in their local government. Every election season, residents come together to vote on important issues such as education funding, public safety initiatives, and infrastructure investments. The city council works hard to ensure that every citizen’s voice is heard and respected as part of the decision-making process. There are several local political candidates who are running for office each election cycle that strive to bring their best ideas forward to represent the people of New Independence. The city council also works to ensure that everyone has access to voting and that no one is excluded due to lack of resources or knowledge. All in all, New Independence strives to make sure its citizens have a voice in the political process and that their concerns are heard and acted upon.
The political climate in New Independence, MN is leaning conservative.
St. Louis County, MN is somewhat liberal. In St. Louis County, MN 56.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 41.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, St. Louis county remained very strongly Democratic, 56.6% to 41.0%.
St. Louis county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
New Independence, MN is leaning conservative.
St. Louis County, Minnesota is somewhat liberal.
Duluth Metro Area is somewhat 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.
New Independence, Minnesota: D D 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 New Independence, MN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 100 contributions totaling $3,391 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $34 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 34 contributions totaling $13,955 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $410 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)