Ravenna, MN is a small town in the state of Minnesota with a population of approximately 1,000 people. The local government consists of a mayor and four council members who are elected by the citizens every two years. Local candidates for office must be residents of Ravenna and have an interest in improving the community. They must also possess strong leadership skills as well as knowledge about local and regional issues. Community involvement is also important to show dedication to the town and its constituents. The current Mayor is John Smith who has served since 2019, and the current council members are Sarah Jones, James Brown, Emma White, and Robert Johnson. All are committed to working together to make Ravenna a better place to live for all citizens.
The political climate in Ravenna, 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
Ravenna, 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.
Ravenna, 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 Ravenna, MN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 626 contributions totaling $126,114 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $201 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 264 contributions totaling $63,875 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $242 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)