Otisco, MN is a rural town located in the southwestern corner of the state. The town has several local governing bodies that oversee different aspects of its community. The Town Board consists of five members who are elected to two-year terms and are responsible for enacting local laws, setting budgets, and managing public works projects. The Otisco City Council is made up of seven members elected to four-year terms and serves as a legislative body for the city. They pass ordinances, approve budgets, and review and make changes to the city's land use code. There is also the Otisco Planning Commission which advises both boards on land use planning issues. All of these bodies work together to ensure that Otisco's citizens can live in a safe and prosperous environment.
The political climate in Otisco, MN is strongly conservative.
Waseca County, MN is strongly conservative. In Waseca County, MN 33.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 63.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Waseca county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 63.8% to 33.7%.
Waseca county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Otisco, MN is strongly conservative.
Waseca 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.
Otisco, 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 Otisco, MN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 437 contributions totaling $17,452 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $40 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 107 contributions totaling $15,088 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $141 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)