Turtle Creek, MN is a small town with a population of just under 10,000 people. It is home to two political parties - the Democratic and Republican parties - that actively compete for local offices. In recent years, the Democrats have had a slight edge in the elections, but both parties are competitive and fight hard for the support of Turtle Creek’s citizens. The mayor’s office has changed hands between both parties in recent years and there are always hotly contested races for City Council seats during election season. The local candidates from each party seek to represent their constituents and ensure that Turtle Creek remains a safe and welcoming community.
The political climate in Turtle Creek, MN is very conservative.
Todd County, MN is very conservative. In Todd County, MN 24.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 73.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Todd county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 73.6% to 24.8%.
Todd county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Turtle Creek, MN is very conservative.
Todd County, Minnesota 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.
Turtle Creek, 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 Turtle Creek, MN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 117 contributions totaling $7,338 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $63 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 29 contributions totaling $1,713 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $59 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)