Le Sueur County is an important political county within the state of Minnesota. The county has a strong civic presence, with numerous elected officials and citizens who are passionate about their local politics. In terms of party affiliation, Le Sueur County leans towards the Republican party, but voter registration is fairly evenly split between both major parties. Along with the national and state elections that occur in the county, there are also local elections. These elections determine who will serve on the county board, in school district boards, bond referendums, city councils and other governing bodies. Each election cycle brings out passionate citizens who exercise their right to vote for candidates they believe in and issues they support. The future of Le Sueur County is dependent upon these local politicians and their ability to respond to the needs of its citizens.
The political climate in Le Sueur County, MN is strongly conservative.
In Le Sueur County, MN 33.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 64.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Le Sueur county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 64.1% to 33.7%.
Le Sueur county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Le Sueur County, MN is strongly 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.
Le Sueur, 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 Le Sueur County, MN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 220 contributions totaling $18,279 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $83 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 100 contributions totaling $26,734 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $267 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)