Dundas, MN is a small town located in Rice County. The town of Dundas has an estimated population of 1,741 people as of 2020. Despite its small size, the citizens of Dundas are active and engaged in local politics. The city is governed by a mayor and five city council members who are responsible for setting policy and approving budgets to ensure the services provided to the citizens are effective and efficient. Regular meetings are held by each department to discuss various topics related to the community's needs and interests, and residents are encouraged to attend these meetings or provide input via written communication. In addition, many organizations such as environmental groups, senior centers, schools, faith-based organizations, and business owners actively participate in public debates about proposed legislation and projects that will affect their community. It is clear that politics plays an important role in how Dundas develops over time.
The political climate in Zip 55019 (Dundas, MN) is leaning conservative.
Rice County, MN is leaning liberal. In Rice County, MN 48.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 48.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Rice county remained narrowly Republican, 48.9% to 48.8%.
Rice county voted Republican in the two most recent Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in the previous four.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 55019 (Dundas, MN) is leaning conservative.
Dundas, Minnesota is leaning conservative.
Rice County, Minnesota is leaning liberal.
Faribault-Northfield 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.
Dundas, Minnesota: d 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 55019 (Dundas)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 16 contributions totaling $3,936 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $246 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 11 contributions totaling $1,415 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $129 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)