The small town of Orton, MN is home to many friendly and engaged residents. While the town does not have a specific local political landscape, the citizens of Orton are nonetheless passionate about their community and remain actively involved in its improvement through a variety of community-oriented initiatives. The town holds regular meetings where residents can voice their concerns and provide ideas on how to better the town. As such, these meetings have become a popular form of civic participation among the people of Orton. Additionally, many local organizations and businesses regularly work together to ensure that everyone in the town remains informed about important issues. This commitment to civic engagement ensures that all citizens are kept up-to-date on relevant matters while also having the opportunity to contribute their opinions and perspectives.
The political climate in Orton, MN is very conservative.
Wadena County, MN is very conservative. In Wadena County, MN 26.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 71.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Wadena county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 71.9% to 26.4%.
Wadena county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Orton, MN is very conservative.
Wadena County, Minnesota is very 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.
Orton, 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 Orton, MN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 22 contributions totaling $551 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $25 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 10 contributions totaling $1,760 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $176 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)