Warsaw, Minnesota is a small city located in southeastern Minnesota, with a population of around 1,200. It is governed by an elected mayor and city council who are responsible for making decisions about the local politics. The City Council is made up of five members who are elected on even-numbered years to four-year terms. The Mayor is also elected in even-numbered years and serves a two-year term. The mayor and council members work together to make decisions that affect the citizens of Warsaw including the budget, taxes, public safety, infrastructure maintenance, and economic development initiatives. In addition to the local government officials, there are several political organizations in Warsaw that serve to inform and educate the public on current issues affecting their community. These organizations strive to stay up-to-date with national politics as well, offering their own unique perspective on how these issues may affect their city specifically.
The political climate in Warsaw CDP (Rice County), MN is somewhat conservative.
Rice County, MN is leaning liberal. In Rice County, MN 48.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 48.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Rice county remained narrowly Republican, 48.9% to 48.8%.
Rice county voted Republican in the two most recent Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in the previous four.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Warsaw CDP (Rice County), MN is somewhat conservative.
Rice County, Minnesota is leaning liberal.
Faribault-Northfield 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.
Warsaw CDP (Rice County), 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 Warsaw CDP (Rice County), MN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,120 contributions totaling $42,484 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $38 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 253 contributions totaling $32,898 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $130 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)