Riceville, MN is a small town located in the state of Minnesota, with a close-knit community where neighbors look out for one another. The local politics are largely centered around ensuring that the residents of Riceville can enjoy a safe and happy lifestyle. The current mayor is committed to protecting the environment, encouraging economic growth, and improving public safety and infrastructure. Recently, several candidates have been campaigning to become mayor in the upcoming election. They each have different platforms that focus on improving healthcare access, creating jobs, and investing in education and public services. In addition, they all have an eye towards preserving Riceville’s unique character by utilizing green technology and promoting sustainable development. Residents of Riceville can be sure that when they go to cast their vote this election season they will have plenty of excellent options for a leader who understands their needs and wants to make life better for them as well as for future generations.
The political climate in Riceville, MN is strongly conservative.
Becker County, MN is strongly conservative. In Becker County, MN 34.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 64.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Becker county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 64.1% to 34.0%.
Becker county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Riceville, MN is strongly conservative.
Becker County, Minnesota is strongly 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.
Riceville, 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 Riceville, MN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 110 contributions totaling $7,195 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $65 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 140 contributions totaling $22,177 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $158 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)