Erhard, MN is a small town located in the southeastern corner of Minnesota. It has a strong sense of community and is known for its friendly citizens. While Erhard may be small, it still takes politics seriously. The town elects local representatives to City Council who make decisions on important matters such as budgeting, infrastructure projects, and zoning laws. Each four-year term brings new ideas for improving the town and making it a better place to live. The community engages in lively political debates about the various candidates running for office, and every four years residents come together to vote for who they believe will best represent them in City Council. Erhard's political landscape is an example of how small towns can still have an impact on the larger state and national political discourse.
The political climate in Erhard, 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
Erhard, 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.
Erhard, 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 Erhard, MN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 9 contributions totaling $410 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $46 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 11 contributions totaling $1,480 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $135 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)