Politics in Sedan, MN are centered around local issues and concerns that affect the community. There are numerous elected officials that work hard to represent the interests of their constituents and find common ground on contentious topics. The town has a mayor and city council who oversee day-to-day operations including taxation, infrastructure, public services, regulations, and more. They are also responsible for approving budgets and other financial matters. Throughout the year there are various chances for citizens to get involved in politics by attending city council meetings or participating in local elections. This helps ensure that everyone’s voice is heard and taken into consideration when making decisions that affect the entire community.
The political climate in Sedan, MN is strongly conservative.
Pope County, MN is strongly conservative. In Pope County, MN 35.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 62.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Pope county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 62.9% to 35.3%.
Pope county voted Republican in five of the last six Presidential elections (2008 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Sedan, MN is strongly conservative.
Pope 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.
Sedan, Minnesota: r r d 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 Sedan, MN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 113 contributions totaling $6,133 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $54 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 60 contributions totaling $8,240 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $137 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)