Manchester, Minnesota is a charming city located in the heart of Anoka County. While Manchester may be known for its small town atmosphere, it has a vibrant and diverse political landscape. Local politics in Manchester are overseen by the Mayor and City Council. The current Mayor is Robert M. Crafts, and the City Council consists of five members elected at large by Manchester residents. The local politicians in Manchester prioritize community involvement, sustainability initiatives, infrastructure improvements, economic development, and quality of life initiatives for their constituents. In addition to these issues, Manchester also faces local challenges such as crime rates and educational opportunities. With a diverse network of volunteers in neighborhoods and organizations throughout the city, local political leaders have been able to keep Manchester an incredibly safe place to live with excellent amenities available to citizens.
The political climate in Manchester, MN is moderately conservative.
Freeborn County, MN is somewhat conservative. In Freeborn County, MN 41.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 57.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Freeborn county remained very strongly Republican, 57.0% to 41.0%.
Freeborn county voted Republican in the two most recent Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in the previous four.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Manchester, MN is moderately conservative.
Freeborn County, Minnesota is somewhat conservative.
Albert Lea Metro Area is somewhat 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.
Manchester, 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 Manchester, MN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 506 contributions totaling $38,665 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $76 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 132 contributions totaling $23,967 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $182 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)