Wright, MN is a county located in the Midwest region of the United States. It is known for its strong sense of community and local political involvement. Despite its small size, many citizens in Wright County are actively engaged in politics and actively participate in their local elections. The county is home to several elected officials, who all strive to serve their constituents and ensure that the interests of Wright County are represented at both the state and federal level. With key positions such as mayor, city council members, school board members, and commissioners being held by passionate individuals from the community, Wright County has grown into a politically engaged environment with an emphasis on taking care of one another’s needs. Politicians from both major parties can be found campaigning throughout the county during election season, competing for votes from residents who are eager to make their voices heard in selecting those who will best represent their interests within the government.
The political climate in Wright County, MN is strongly conservative.
In Wright County, MN 34.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 63.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Wright county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 63.1% to 34.5%.
Wright county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Wright 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.
Wright, 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 Wright County, MN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,587 contributions totaling $132,510 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $84 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,102 contributions totaling $281,898 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $256 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)