Kellogg, MN is a small town located in Otter Tail County. It is home to a population of about 500 people and is considered a rural community. The local political landscape is fairly low-key with the main focus being on local issues that affect the citizens of Kellogg. Local elections include deciding on candidates for mayor, city councilors, school board representatives, and other public office positions. Each election cycle brings up issues such as taxes, infrastructure improvements, and zoning changes. All of these items are addressed by the local politicians who seek to represent their community's best interests while still balancing the budget responsibly. In addition to local politics, residents also care deeply about state and national issues and are active participants in voting during each election cycle.
The political climate in Kellogg, MN is strongly conservative.
Wabasha County, MN is strongly conservative. In Wabasha County, MN 35.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 62.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Wabasha county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 62.1% to 35.8%.
Wabasha county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Kellogg, MN is strongly conservative.
Wabasha County, Minnesota is strongly conservative.
Rochester 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.
Kellogg, 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 Kellogg, MN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 166 contributions totaling $9,482 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $57 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 34 contributions totaling $4,876 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $143 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)