Richwood, MN is a small rural town in the heart of Minnesota. It has a long history of being a tight-knit community, and its residents are passionate about their politics. Every election season is highly anticipated by the people of Richwood as they use this time to come together and discuss the issues that matter to them most. All voices are heard and respected in this community, and all political opinions are valued and appreciated. Residents have many outlets available to voice their opinion on the candidates running for local office, ranging from town hall meetings to debates between the candidates themselves. The citizens of Richwood take pride in their ability to come together as one unit when it comes to making decisions about who will represent them locally.
The political climate in Richwood, 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
Richwood, 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.
Richwood, 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 Richwood, MN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 310 contributions totaling $58,773 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $190 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 187 contributions totaling $30,181 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $161 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)