Janesville, MN is a small and tight-knit community located in southern Minnesota. Politically, Janesville has traditionally skewed to the right with voters in the area tending to support conservative candidates. Last year's mayoral election saw incumbent Mayor Brad Park elected for his third term with over 70% of the vote. As mayor, Park has been a vocal supporter of lower taxes and limited government regulations. In addition, he also supports local businesses attempting to create jobs and growth in the community. On the national level, Janesville residents are largely supporters of Republican candidates who promise job growth and fiscal responsibility. With elections coming up this year, politics will be on everyone's mind as they consider which candidate will be best suited for Janesville's future.
The political climate in Janesville, MN is moderately conservative.
Waseca County, MN is strongly conservative. In Waseca County, MN 33.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 63.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Waseca county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 63.8% to 33.7%.
Waseca county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Janesville, MN is moderately conservative.
Waseca County, Minnesota is strongly 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.
Janesville, 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 Janesville, MN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 3 contributions totaling $275 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $92 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 23 contributions totaling $1,549 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $67 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)