Murray County, Minnesota is located in the south western corner of the state and has a population of approximately 10,000 people. The county seat is Slayton and the offices for local government are located there. The county government consists of a Board of Commissioners with three members elected by district, a County Administrator, and various departments that provide services to the citizens of Murray County. In addition to these officials, the Murray County area also elects members to serve in the Minnesota State House of Representatives and Senate. A variety of political issues are addressed at all levels of local government in Murray County, such as infrastructure, economic development, public safety, health care, transportation, education and environmental protection. Local residents are active in advocating for their views on these issues and working with elected officials to shape policy initiatives that will benefit everyone in Murray County.
The political climate in Murray County, MN is very conservative.
In Murray County, MN 29.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 68.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Murray county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 68.7% to 29.6%.
Murray county voted Republican in five of the last six Presidential elections (2008 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Murray County, MN is very conservative.
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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.
Murray, Minnesota: r R d 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 Murray County, MN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 52 contributions totaling $5,745 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $110 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 156 contributions totaling $10,455 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $67 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)