Frankford, Minnesota is a small rural community located in the southeastern portion of the state. The town has a population of roughly 3,100 people and is known for its strong sense of community spirit and commitment to neighborly values. When it comes to local politics, Frankford residents take an active interest in their local government and vote during all elections. Currently, Frankford is represented by Senator Michael J. Dudick who was first elected in 2018. Aside from Senator Dudick, there are several other elected officials representing the interests of Frankford residents such as State Representative Andrew C. Miller Jr., County Commissioner Mark Fesko, Mayor John O鈥橦agan, and City Council members Amanda Smith and James Boland. All these elected officials are committed to serving the needs of their constituents while also acting in the best interest of the town overall.
The political climate in Frankford, MN is moderately conservative.
Mower County, MN is leaning conservative. In Mower County, MN 46.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 51.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Mower county remained moderately Republican, 51.8% to 46.0%.
Mower county voted Republican in the two most recent Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in the previous four.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Frankford, MN is moderately conservative.
Mower County, Minnesota is leaning conservative.
Austin 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.
Frankford, 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 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 Frankford, MN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 119 contributions totaling $8,276 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $70 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 12 contributions totaling $2,731 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $228 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)