Blue Earth County in Minnesota has a rich political history and culture. Located in the southern part of the state, this county is home to several vibrant cities and towns with busy governments working hard to maintain their communities. The local politics are largely driven by the Blue Earth County Board of Commissioners, who set policy on key issues like economic development, public safety, transportation, and more. Local voters also have a say in each election cycle as they choose from the pool of candidates running for county board seats. These dedicated citizens work together to ensure that Blue Earth County remains a strong and active community for its residents.
The political climate in Blue Earth County, MN is leaning liberal.
In Blue Earth County, MN 50.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 46.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Blue Earth county flipped Democratic, 50.8% to 46.4%.
Blue Earth county flipped back Democratic in 2020, after voting Republican in 2000 and 2016.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Blue Earth County, MN is leaning liberal.
Mankato Metro Area is leaning 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.
Blue Earth, Minnesota: r d D d r d
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 Blue Earth County, MN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,688 contributions totaling $185,926 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $110 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 594 contributions totaling $231,483 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $390 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)