Sumner, MN is a small town located in the northern part of the state. Politically, it is heavily influenced by the Republican party. The majority of the citizens in Sumner are conservative and support many of the traditional values associated with the GOP. Locally, there are several politicians vying for positions on both city and county levels. The most notable include Mayor Dave Thomas, who has served for over 10 years; County Commissioner Michael McConaughy, and State Senator Chuck Ehlert. All three of these political figures have been long-time residents of Sumner and have worked hard to bring positive change to the area while still honoring its proud heritage. Additionally, they strive to maintain fiscal responsibility while advocating for limited government intervention at all levels.
The political climate in Sumner, MN is strongly conservative.
Fillmore County, MN is moderately conservative. In Fillmore County, MN 37.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 60.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Fillmore county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 60.1% to 37.5%.
Fillmore county voted Republican in the two most recent Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in the previous four.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Sumner, MN is strongly conservative.
Fillmore County, Minnesota is moderately conservative.
Rochester Metro Area is leaning 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.
Sumner, Minnesota: d d 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 Sumner, MN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 189 contributions totaling $17,438 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $92 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 83 contributions totaling $18,855 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $227 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)