The Mankato-North Mankato, MN Metro Area is home to two cities with distinct individual politics. The city of North Mankato is administered by a mayor and five council members, while the city of Mankato has a mayor and eight council members. Both cities have several local political candidates running in upcoming elections for various positions. Each candidate brings different ideas and solutions to the table, making it important for constituents to research them before voting. Additionally, both cities actively strive to engage the public in their decision-making process through initiatives like town hall meetings and open house events. Overall, politics in this region are highly engaged and driven by the community’s needs.
The political climate in Mankato Metro Area is leaning liberal.
In Mankato Metro Area 50.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 46.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, the Mankato-North Mankato metro area flipped narrowly Democratic, 50.7% to 46.7%.
The Mankato-North Mankato metro area flipped back Democratic in 2020, after voting Republican in 2000 and 2016.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
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.
Mankato, 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 four elections.
Individual Campaign Contributions in Mankato Metro Area
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 4,283 contributions totaling $272,402 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $64 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 903 contributions totaling $605,252 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $670 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)