Dayton, Minnesota is a small city located in the western part of the state. It is governed by a Mayor and four Council Members who are elected to serve four-year terms. The City Council holds regular meetings to discuss local policies and initiatives that affect Dayton's citizens. Issues addressed by the City Council include road construction, park maintenance, economic development, public safety, and other topics related to keeping Dayton a safe and vibrant place to live. Elected officials also work with area businesses and organizations to ensure that Dayton remains an attractive and prosperous community. The citizens of Dayton have always taken great pride in their participation in local politics and are often involved in advocating their respective views on various issues. Additionally, they take part in local elections, helping determine who will be responsible for representing them at the municipal level.
The political climate in Dayton, MN is somewhat liberal.
Hennepin County, MN is very liberal. In Hennepin County, MN 70.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 27.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Hennepin county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 70.5% to 27.2%.
Hennepin county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Dayton, MN is somewhat liberal.
Hennepin County, Minnesota is very liberal.
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington Metro Area is moderately 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.
Dayton, Minnesota: D D D D D 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 Dayton, MN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,427 contributions totaling $101,032 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $71 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 475 contributions totaling $165,803 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $349 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)