Darwin, MN is a small town located in Stevens County with approximately 600 inhabitants. The politics of this town are largely determined by local elections, and many candidates have put forth their names in recent years to represent the community. One popular candidate is David Anderson, who has served as mayor since 2012 and has worked tirelessly to improve quality of life for the citizens of Darwin. Another candidate is Sue Miller, who has been active in the community for over 20 years and has strong experience in economic development initiatives. With these two highly qualified candidates leading the way, Darwin's political landscape looks poised for continued growth and prosperity. It is clear that both candidates are passionate about serving their community and creating a better future for its citizens.
The political climate in Darwin, MN is very conservative.
Meeker County, MN is very conservative. In Meeker County, MN 28.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 69.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Meeker county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 69.2% to 28.6%.
Meeker county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Darwin, MN is very conservative.
Meeker County, Minnesota 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.
Darwin, 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 Darwin, MN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 10 contributions totaling $500 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $50 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 44 contributions totaling $2,928 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $67 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)