Traverse County, Minnesota is a rural county located in the north-western part of the state. The county has a rich political history, with both major parties represented in local and state government. Republican and Democratic candidates have successfully held office in Traverse County for decades. In recent years, Traverse County politics have been marked by fierce competition between Republicans and Democrats. Both sides are committed to improving the quality of life for their constituents through initiatives like job growth, educational opportunities, and infrastructure improvements. Local elections often draw a large turnout of voters eager to support their party's candidate and voice their opinion on important issues facing the county. Community engagement is high in Traverse County, with many residents heavily involved in local politics. Regardless of party affiliation, citizens of Traverse County can be proud that they have an effective political system that works hard to serve its people.
The political climate in Traverse County, MN is strongly conservative.
In Traverse County, MN 35.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 62.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Traverse county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 62.9% to 35.5%.
Traverse county voted Republican in four of the six previous Presidential elections (2008 and 2012 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Traverse County, MN is strongly conservative.
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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.
Traverse, Minnesota: r r 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 for the Democrat and I for the Independent. 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 Traverse County, MN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 26 contributions totaling $6,238 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $240 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 32 contributions totaling $8,709 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $272 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)