The politics in Paxton, MN are of great importance to the town's residents. All local elections are carefully watched and often hotly contested. The mayor and town council work together to ensure that the needs of the community are met, both in terms of infrastructure improvements as well as maintaining a strong sense of community. Every four years, citizens have the opportunity to elect their leaders for another term and vote in important initiatives. Additionally, there is always a great deal of citizen involvement with local political issues and discussions about what’s best for the future of Paxton. Involvement from the public is highly encouraged by elected officials so that everyone can be heard and their opinions taken into account when crafting policy decisions.
The political climate in Paxton, MN is very conservative.
Redwood County, MN is very conservative. In Redwood County, MN 28.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 69.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Redwood county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 69.7% to 28.4%.
Redwood county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Paxton, MN is very conservative.
Redwood 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.
Paxton, 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 Paxton, MN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 338 contributions totaling $26,126 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $77 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 140 contributions totaling $14,475 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $103 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)