Roseau County in Minnesota is a rural county located in the northwestern corner of the state. Its political landscape reflects its small population, with only about 15,000 people living there according to the 2010 census. The county is represented mainly by Republicans in the state Legislature, and most of its legislative representatives are conservative. The county has two Republican representatives in the House: Rep. Mark Anderson and Rep. Dale Lueck. Roseau County also has one Senator, Sen. Dan Sparks, who is also a Republican. All three representatives have served multiple terms in office and are committed to representing their constituents’ interests at the Capitol in St. Paul. Despite its size and rural nature, Roseau County still plays an important role in Minnesota politics due to its large number of conservative voters who generally support smaller government and lower taxes.
The political climate in Roseau County, MN is very conservative.
In Roseau County, MN 26.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 72.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Roseau county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 72.0% to 26.0%.
Roseau county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Roseau 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.
Roseau, 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 Roseau County, MN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 27 contributions totaling $4,982 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $185 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 184 contributions totaling $71,154 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $387 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)