Starbuck, Minnesota is a small town located in the Midwest, and its politics reflects its small-town nature. Like many other towns of its size, local politics in Starbuck often center around municipal issues like taxes, roads, schools, and local businesses. Elections typically feature candidates who are well-known members of the community and are focused on improving the lives of those who live in Starbuck. In addition to elections for mayor and city council members, citizens can also vote for representatives to send to state and federal government positions. These elections usually involve heated debates over important topics like healthcare, immigration, foreign policy, education, the economy, and more. All these local elections demonstrate the commitment that Starbuck’s citizens have towards their town’s future.
The political climate in Starbuck, MN is moderately 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
Starbuck, MN is moderately 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.
Starbuck, 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 Starbuck, MN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 19 contributions totaling $340 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $18 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 84 contributions totaling $10,560 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $126 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)