Karlstad is a small town located in northwestern Minnesota with a population of just over 500 people. Despite its small size, Karlstad has a vibrant political landscape that is constantly changing and evolving. Every two years the citizens of Karlstad come together to elect local officials such as the mayor, city council members, school board members, and other key positions that hold responsibility for various aspects of governing their community. Recent elections have seen great turnouts and lively debates about the best course of action for the future of Karlstad. There are many ways to get involved in politics in Karlstad including attending local meetings or running for office oneself. Regardless of one’s political views, everyone in Karlstad can take part in making their town and state better by taking part in the democratic process.
The political climate in Zip 56732 (Karlstad, MN) is moderately conservative.
Kittson County, MN is moderately conservative. In Kittson County, MN 38.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 58.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Kittson county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 58.6% to 38.1%.
Kittson county voted Republican again in 2020, after voting Democratic in 2012, 2008, and 2004.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 56732 (Karlstad, MN) is moderately conservative.
Karlstad, Minnesota is moderately conservative.
Kittson County, Minnesota is moderately 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.
Karlstad, Minnesota: r d D d 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 zip 56732 (Karlstad)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1 contributions totaling $200 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $200 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 12 contributions totaling $1,018 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $85 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)