Grant, MN is a small town with a population of just over 1,200 people. While it may not have the same level of political activity as larger cities, there are still many important decisions made in Grant. The local government is responsible for managing the town鈥檚 public services such as police and fire departments, maintaining roads and infrastructure, garbage collection, regulating land use, and providing other essential services to the people who live here. Local politicians also play an important role in making sure that Grant has access to the resources it needs to remain a healthy and vibrant place to live. While there are no local candidates running in this election cycle, citizens can still get involved by attending public meetings and speaking up about issues that matter to them.
The political climate in Grant, MN is leaning conservative.
Washington County, MN is somewhat liberal. In Washington County, MN 53.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 44.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Washington county remained moderately Democratic, 53.5% to 44.2%.
Washington county voted Democratic in the four most recent Presidential elections, after 2000 and 2004 went Republican.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Grant, MN is leaning conservative.
Washington County, Minnesota is somewhat liberal.
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington Metro Area is moderately liberal.
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.
Grant, Minnesota: r r d d d 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 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 Grant, MN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 7,426 contributions totaling $1,062,884 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $143 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,582 contributions totaling $671,414 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $424 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)