Ortonville, MN is a small town located in western Minnesota. It has a local government actively involved in leading the community and providing services for its residents. The town's mayor and city council hold regular meetings to discuss municipal issues, such as infrastructure maintenance, economic developments, and public safety initiatives. Ortonville is currently served by three County Commissioners who are elected to manage county-wide affairs. The school district serves the educational needs of the community and has both an elementary school and a high school. In addition to local civic duties, residents of Ortonville also participate in state and national elections to have their voices heard on important issues such as taxes, health care, immigration, education, and environmental protection. With its strong focus on community involvement and engagement with local government, Ortonville provides its citizens with a comfortable setting where they can make impactful decisions that will shape the future of their hometown.
The political climate in Ortonville, MN is moderately conservative.
Big Stone County, MN is strongly conservative. In Big Stone County, MN 35.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 62.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Big Stone county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 62.6% to 35.4%.
Big Stone county voted Republican in three most recent Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in the previous three.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Ortonville, MN is moderately conservative.
Big Stone 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.
Ortonville, Minnesota: d d d 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 Ortonville, MN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 70 contributions totaling $7,186 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $103 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 38 contributions totaling $2,760 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $73 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)