Scott County, located in Minnesota, is a vibrant and diverse community with an active political atmosphere. The county is home to many different political parties and ideologies, representing the wide range of interests held by its citizens. There are several local organizations which regularly hold events and meetings related to politics such as candidate forums and public debates. Elections are held regularly for local offices including mayor, city council members, county commissioners, and school board members. Each election cycle brings out passionate campaigns from candidates looking to represent their constituents at all levels of government. Despite differences in views and backgrounds, Scott County residents come together to ensure that their voices are heard during the election process.
The political climate in Scott County, MN is leaning conservative.
In Scott County, MN 45.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 52.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Scott county remained moderately Republican, 52.1% to 45.5%.
Scott county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Scott County, MN is leaning conservative.
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington Metro Area is moderately 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.
Scott, 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 Scott County, MN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 3,565 contributions totaling $1,185,223 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $332 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,170 contributions totaling $851,095 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $727 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)