Barnesville, MN is a small city in northwestern Minnesota, with a population of just under 2,500. It has an active city government that is responsible for managing the services and facilities in the community. Political issues are very important to Barnesville residents, who take part in local elections to decide who will represent them on the city council and other governing bodies. The most recent election saw several new candidates put forward their views on how to best lead the city. Issues such as infrastructure improvements, public safety, economic development, and education were discussed throughout the campaign season. These issues have been at the forefront of Barnesville's political scene for some time now and will likely remain so for years to come.
The political climate in Zip 56514 (Barnesville, MN) is leaning conservative.
Clay County, MN is leaning liberal. In Clay County, MN 50.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 46.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Clay county flipped Democratic, 50.7% to 46.7%.
Clay county flipped Democratic in the most recent Presidential election (2000, 2004 and 2016 went Republican).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 56514 (Barnesville, MN) is leaning conservative.
Barnesville, Minnesota is leaning conservative.
Clay County, Minnesota is leaning liberal.
Fargo Metro Area is leaning conservative.
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.
Barnesville, Minnesota: r r 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 zip 56514 (Barnesville)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 84 contributions totaling $3,945 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $47 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 34 contributions totaling $4,165 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $123 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)