Vail, MN is a small rural community located in Itasca County. Despite its small size, the city of Vail has a vibrant and engaged political atmosphere. The local government consists of a mayor, town council members, and various appointed boards and commissions. These bodies are responsible for making decisions on many aspects of life in Vail including public safety, infrastructure improvements, development initiatives, and more. Local elections are held every two years to elect new leaders to represent the residents of Vail. Candidates running for office must be registered voters and must reside within the city limits or have an unincorporated interest in Vail property taxes. In recent years, voter turnout has been high as residents take pride in their ability to shape their own destiny through the electoral process. As such, politics continues to play an important role in shaping the future of Vail.
The political climate in Vail, MN is very conservative.
Redwood County, MN is very conservative. In Redwood County, MN 28.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 69.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Redwood county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 69.7% to 28.4%.
Redwood county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Vail, MN is very conservative.
Redwood 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.
Vail, 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 Vail, MN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 3 contributions totaling $485 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $162 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 30 contributions totaling $2,669 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $89 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)