The small town of Wasioja, MN is a rural community with a population of just over 200 people. The local politics in the town are largely based on small, individual initiatives. Local candidates running for office tend to be independent and focus on initiatives that benefit the entire community, rather than any one party or group. The town has no political party affiliation and instead focuses on issues such as quality education, clean water and safe streets that benefit all citizens equally. Property taxes are kept low in order to encourage businesses and residents to stay in Wasioja. In addition to local politics, Wasioja residents actively participate in larger state-level politics by voting for their representatives in both the Senate and House of Representatives.
The political climate in Wasioja, MN is strongly conservative.
Dodge County, MN is strongly conservative. In Dodge County, MN 33.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 63.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Dodge county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 63.9% to 33.5%.
Dodge county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Wasioja, MN is strongly conservative.
Dodge County, Minnesota is strongly conservative.
Rochester 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.
Wasioja, 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 Wasioja, MN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 365 contributions totaling $14,645 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $40 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 118 contributions totaling $64,726 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $549 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)