Wild Rice, MN is a small town with a population of 6,120 people. While it may not have the same political clout as larger cities or towns, its citizens still care deeply about their local politics and the issues that affect their community. Local elections often bring out heavy voter turnouts as residents take part in deciding who will represent them in city hall. Candidates for office must be knowledgeable about the needs of the town and its citizens, and understand how to best address those needs. Residents are also passionate about local issues, such as education funding or public safety initiatives, and rally around candidates who share their values and can provide solutions to ongoing problems in the area. Thus, Wild Rice is an example of a small town that takes its politics seriously and always puts its citizens first.
The political climate in Wild Rice, MN is moderately conservative.
Norman County, MN is somewhat conservative. In Norman County, MN 40.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 56.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Norman county remained very strongly Republican, 56.8% to 40.8%.
Norman county voted Republican again in 2020, after voting Democratic in 2012, 2008, and 2004.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Wild Rice, MN is moderately conservative.
Norman County, Minnesota is somewhat 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.
Wild Rice, Minnesota: r 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 Wild Rice, MN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 151 contributions totaling $15,074 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $100 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 9 contributions totaling $2,201 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $245 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)