Sheldon, MN is a small rural town located about an hour outside of Minneapolis. Although the community is small, it still has a great sense of civic engagement and involvement when it comes to politics. Elections are held regularly, with local residents taking an active role in choosing who will be elected to serve in positions like mayor, city councilman, and other community leaders. Residents are also active in keeping up on current events that affect them at the state and federal level as well. Issues like education reform, health care access, infrastructure improvements, and taxation are all topics of discussion among the citizens of Sheldon. Despite its small size, Sheldon is an engaged and active participant in the political process.
The political climate in Sheldon, MN is moderately conservative.
Houston County, MN is somewhat conservative. In Houston County, MN 42.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 55.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Houston county remained strongly Republican, 55.4% to 42.4%.
Houston county voted Republican in four of the six previous Presidential elections (2008 and 2012 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Sheldon, MN is moderately conservative.
Houston County, Minnesota is somewhat conservative.
La Crosse-Onalaska Metro Area is somewhat 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.
Sheldon, Minnesota: r r D d 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 Sheldon, MN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 96 contributions totaling $6,707 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $70 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 58 contributions totaling $6,570 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $113 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)