The small town of Pine Island, MN is a place where politics and community always go hand-in-hand. Politically, Pine Island is a part of the larger Goodhue County in Minnesota and follows the state's political affiliations. There is strong emphasis on getting involved in local politics, with residents actively participating in campaigns for local and state representatives. The town often sees high voter turnout during elections as residents come together to make their voices heard. There are also several civic organizations that work towards improving the community in different ways, such as creating better access to healthcare or ensuring that everyone has access to quality education. As a result, Pine Island is quite politically engaged and is committed to making sure its citizens have their voices heard.
The political climate in Pine Island, MN is somewhat conservative.
Goodhue County, MN is somewhat conservative. In Goodhue County, MN 41.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 56.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Goodhue county remained strongly Republican, 56.1% to 41.2%.
Goodhue county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Pine Island, MN is somewhat conservative.
Goodhue County, Minnesota is somewhat conservative.
Red Wing Metro Area is somewhat 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.
Pine Island, 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 Pine Island, MN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 206 contributions totaling $12,440 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $60 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 148 contributions totaling $25,676 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $173 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)