Randolph, MN is a small village located in the heart of western Minnesota. Despite its size, Randolph has an active political presence in the region. The government of Randolph is led by a Village Board, consisting of five trustees who are elected to two-year terms and a mayor that is also elected for two years. Members of the board are responsible for setting policy and making decisions about the village's budget, infrastructure, public safety, and other concerns facing the community. Local elections are held annually in November to determine who will fill these positions. Aside from local politics, Randolph residents also participate in regional and state initiatives to ensure their voices are heard on higher levels. As one of Minnesota's smallest communities, Randolph continues to make its presence felt in the political arena.
The political climate in Randolph, MN is leaning conservative.
Dakota County, MN is somewhat liberal. In Dakota County, MN 55.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 41.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Dakota county remained strongly Democratic, 55.7% to 41.8%.
Dakota county voted Democratic in the four most recent Presidential elections, after 2000 and 2004 went Republican.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Randolph, MN is leaning conservative.
Dakota County, Minnesota is somewhat liberal.
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington Metro Area is moderately liberal.
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.
Randolph, Minnesota: r r d d d D
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 Randolph, MN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 225 contributions totaling $7,736 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $34 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 89 contributions totaling $18,737 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $211 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)