Sleepy Eye, MN is a small town located in south-central Minnesota. The town has a population of about 3,500 people and is known for its historic downtown area and friendly locals. Politically, Sleepy Eye follows the trend of Minnesota as a whole by voting largely democratic in presidential elections. Locally, Sleepy Eye has a mayor and six council members who are elected to serve on the city council. These city council members are responsible for setting policy and making decisions that impact the citizens of Sleepy Eye. The mayor is also responsible for public safety, economic development, budgeting, and other administrative duties. In recent years local politics have focused on issues such as improving infrastructure, increasing access to recreational activities and parks, revitalizing downtown businesses, and providing better services to citizens. Overall Sleepy Eye's political climate is characterized by open dialogue between residents and government officials who seek to do what is best for their residents.
The political climate in Sleepy Eye, MN is moderately conservative.
Brown County, MN is very conservative. In Brown County, MN 32.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 65.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Brown county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 65.3% to 32.5%.
Brown county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Sleepy Eye, MN is moderately conservative.
Brown County, Minnesota is very conservative.
New Ulm Metro Area is very 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.
Sleepy Eye, 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 Sleepy Eye, MN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 28 contributions totaling $5,644 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $202 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 64 contributions totaling $35,597 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $556 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)