Benton County, MN Voting


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Benton County, located in the state of Minnesota, is known for having a strong sense of political participation. There are several different political parties represented here and local elections have consistently seen high voter turnout from the county's population. Many different civic organizations exist in Benton County helping to ensure that all voices are heard when it comes to making policy decisions. While there is no specific information regarding local political candidates, citizens can stay informed on issues facing their community by attending meetings of local government and talking with representatives from each party. It's clear that Benton County is dedicated to ensuring that citizens have a say in their government and have access to the resources they need to make informed decisions about who they elect into office.

The political climate in Benton County, MN is very conservative.

In Benton County, MN 32.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 64.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.7% voted Independent.

In the last Presidential election, Benton county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 64.6% to 32.7%.
Benton county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.


The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index

Benton County, MN is very conservative.


St. Cloud 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.

Benton, 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 Benton County, MN

In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 620 contributions totaling $30,395 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $49 per contribution.

In the last 4 years, there were 170 contributions totaling $59,126 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $348 per contribution.

(source: Federal Election Commission)

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