Nobles County is located in the southwest corner of Minnesota, near the Iowa border. It is a rural county with a population of 21,372 people. The county has a board of commissioners that oversees the county's governance, which includes setting policy and budgets as well as implementing laws within the county. Through a direct election process, voters choose five members to serve on the Board of Commissioners. These members are responsible for making sure that services are provided to citizens in an efficient and effective manner. There are two major political parties in Nobles County: Republican and Democrat. The Republican party holds majority control on the commission, although Democrats have held office in recent years. In addition to the Board of Commissioners, there are other elected officials in Nobles County including state legislators, judges, and sheriffs who serve their constituents through public service. All elected officials strive to ensure that citizens’ needs are met and that Nobles County remains an attractive place to live and work.
The political climate in Nobles County, MN is strongly conservative.
In Nobles County, MN 33.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 64.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Nobles county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 64.3% to 33.7%.
Nobles county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Nobles County, MN is strongly conservative.
Worthington 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.
Nobles, 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 Nobles County, MN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 65 contributions totaling $6,992 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $108 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 119 contributions totaling $8,232 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $69 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)