Seward, MN is a small city in the state of Minnesota with a population of around 2,700 people. It is primarily a rural community, surrounded by farmland and rolling hills. Politically, Seward is a conservative area that tends to lean Republican. The city is served by elected officials at the state and federal level who are loyal to their party platforms. Locally, Seward's City Council consists of five members who are responsible for passing ordinances and allocating city funds. They work collaboratively with the Mayor to ensure that the citizens of Seward's needs are met and represented at the local level.
The political climate in Seward, MN is strongly conservative.
Nobles County, MN is strongly conservative. In Nobles County, MN 33.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 64.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Nobles county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 64.3% to 33.7%.
Nobles county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Seward, MN is strongly conservative.
Nobles County, Minnesota is strongly conservative.
Worthington Metro Area 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.
Seward, 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 Seward, MN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 59 contributions totaling $5,987 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $101 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 87 contributions totaling $6,025 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $69 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)