Pelican Rapids is a small town in Minnesota with a population of just under 2,000 people. The city is governed by the Pelican Rapids City Council which consists of six members elected by residents and the mayor who presides over them. The city council is responsible for making decisions and passing legislation that affect citizens within Pelican Rapids such as budgeting, taxation, economic development, infrastructure maintenance and community improvements. The local political candidates in Pelican Rapids are chosen by the residents every four years during their general municipal election. Residents are encouraged to educate themselves on each candidate before voting in order to make an informed decision about who will be representing them on the city council for the next term.
The political climate in Pelican Rapids, MN is moderately conservative.
Otter Tail County, MN is very conservative. In Otter Tail County, MN 32.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 65.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Otter Tail county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 65.4% to 32.9%.
Otter Tail county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Pelican Rapids, MN is moderately conservative.
Otter Tail County, Minnesota is very conservative.
Fergus Falls Metro Area 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.
Pelican Rapids, 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 Pelican Rapids, MN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 259 contributions totaling $7,880 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $30 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 52 contributions totaling $4,986 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $96 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)