The politics of the Winona, MN Metro Area are quite diverse. The area is made up of several different communities, each with its own unique political views and opinions. These communities include Winona, Minnesota City, Lewiston, Goodview, and St. Charles. Each community brings a variety of perspectives to the Metro Area's political landscape that can be seen in city council meetings and other local gatherings. Additionally, many of the local communities host their own town hall meetings where citizens can discuss current issues and topics affecting their specific community. While there may be differences in opinion among some of the towns within the Metro Area, they all strive to come together for common good and find solutions that benefit everyone in the area.
The political climate in Winona Metro Area is leaning liberal.
In Winona Metro Area 49.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 48.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, the Winona metro area flipped slightly Democratic, 49.1% to 48.7%.
The Winona metro area voted Democratic in the last five of the last six Presidential elections (2016 went Republican).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Winona 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.
Winona, Minnesota: d 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 four elections.
Individual Campaign Contributions in Winona Metro Area
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,434 contributions totaling $88,462 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $62 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 431 contributions totaling $367,439 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $853 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)