Sverdrup, Minnesota is a small community located in the Midwest region of the United States. It is home to a little over 1,000 residents who take pride in their tight-knit community and local politics. The town is run by a mayor and city council that all work together to ensure that Sverdrup remains an inclusive and safe place for everyone. Local elections are held every four years with candidates running on platforms focused on public safety, job creation, infrastructure improvements, environmental sustainability, and more. The citizens of Sverdrup come out in full force to cast their votes for the candidates they believe will best serve them and move the town forward. With strong local representation and positive engagement from its citizens, Sverdrup's political system works strategically to create a positive atmosphere and greater quality of life for its residents.
The political climate in Sverdrup, MN is strongly conservative.
Otter Tail County, MN is very conservative. In Otter Tail County, MN 32.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 65.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Otter Tail county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 65.4% to 32.9%.
Otter Tail county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Sverdrup, MN is strongly conservative.
Otter Tail County, Minnesota is very conservative.
Fergus Falls 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.
Sverdrup, 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 Sverdrup, MN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 331 contributions totaling $22,481 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $68 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 203 contributions totaling $26,702 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $132 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)