Vernon Center, MN is a small rural town located in southern Minnesota. Its population is just over 1,000 people, and its local government reflects that size. The town has a mayor and four council members who are all elected by the citizens of Vernon Center. The council meets on the first Tuesday of every month to discuss important issues facing the town. The mayor and council work together with local businesses and organizations to make sure the town runs smoothly. They also focus on economic development for the town, helping to bring jobs and resources into the area. All decisions made by the mayor and council have to be approved by a majority vote from citizens before they can be implemented. As such, it's important for residents to get involved in their local politics and stay informed about what's going on in Vernon Center.
The political climate in Vernon Center, MN is somewhat conservative.
Blue Earth County, MN is leaning liberal. In Blue Earth County, MN 50.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 46.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Blue Earth county flipped Democratic, 50.8% to 46.4%.
Blue Earth county flipped back Democratic in 2020, after voting Republican in 2000 and 2016.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Vernon Center, MN is somewhat conservative.
Blue Earth County, Minnesota is leaning liberal.
Mankato Metro Area is leaning liberal.
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.
Vernon Center, Minnesota: r d D d r d
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 Vernon Center, MN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 9 contributions totaling $750 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $83 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 11 contributions totaling $6,035 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $549 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)