Lyon County, Minnesota is a beautiful place to live and thrive. It offers many activities for the whole family to enjoy and take part in. Despite its small size, Lyon County still has an active political scene with a variety of local candidates running for office each election cycle. The county is home to both Democrats and Republicans who are seeking to serve their community and work towards positive growth. Local elections often include issues such as education, infrastructure, tax reform, economic development, public safety, healthcare, civil rights and environmental protection. In addition, candidates typically also strive to attract businesses to the area so that more jobs may be created and more people can benefit from living in Lyon County. With hard work and dedication on the part of all involved, Lyon County can continue to be a great place for families to call home.
The political climate in Lyon County, MN is strongly conservative.
In Lyon County, MN 35.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 61.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Lyon county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 61.9% to 35.9%.
Lyon county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Lyon County, MN is strongly conservative.
Marshall Metro Area is strongly 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.
Lyon, 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 Lyon County, MN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 487 contributions totaling $19,624 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $40 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 264 contributions totaling $42,010 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $159 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)