Carver County, Minnesota is a county located in the south-central part of the state. It is home to many diverse communities and cultures, making it an interesting place for politics. The county features numerous elected officials who are responsible for governing the county and ensuring that citizens have access to quality services. These officials include members of the Carver County Board of Commissioners, the County Attorney, Sheriff, Auditor/Treasurer, and other various positions. Together, these individuals make decisions about how best to serve their constituents in areas such as public safety, healthcare, education, and economic development. Carver County also has its own local political party affiliations – Democrats and Republicans – which have a significant impact on elections at all levels in the county.
The political climate in Carver County, MN is leaning conservative.
In Carver County, MN 46.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 51.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Carver county remained Republican, 51.2% to 46.4%.
Carver county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Carver County, MN is leaning conservative.
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.
Carver, 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 for the Democrat and I for the Independent. 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 Carver County, MN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 5,168 contributions totaling $193,987 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $38 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,006 contributions totaling $652,740 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $649 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)