Edna, MN is a small rural town with a population of about 2,000 people. The town is governed by a mayor and council members who are elected by the citizens every four years. Edna's politics is largely focused around issues that affect the citizens directly, such as public works projects or budget allocations for education and health services. The town has seen many changes over recent years including the construction of new schools and community buildings. Residents take part in local elections to ensure that their voices are heard in making decisions about their community. Candidates running for office must put forth their personal goals and ideas on how to best serve the citizens of Edna while taking into account areas like economic development and environmental protection. All candidates strive to bring positive change to Edna, MN while being mindful of all its unique features.
The political climate in Edna, MN is strongly conservative.
Otter Tail County, MN is very conservative. In Otter Tail County, MN 32.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 65.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Otter Tail county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 65.4% to 32.9%.
Otter Tail county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Edna, MN is strongly conservative.
Otter Tail County, Minnesota is very conservative.
Fergus Falls Metro Area is very 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.
Edna, 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 if the Democratic Party candidate won and I if the Independent Party candidate won. 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 Edna, MN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 185 contributions totaling $12,654 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $68 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 158 contributions totaling $55,475 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $351 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)