New Ulm, MN Metro Area is a bustling and burgeoning region that has seen rapid growth over the last few decades. The area is home to numerous industries and businesses that have contributed to its ever-growing population. Its political landscape is no less dynamic than its economic one; with an array of local elected officials from both major parties representing their constituents in various capacities. The city of New Ulm, itself, contains two congressional districts that are represented by two prominent members of the Republican and Democratic Parties respectively. At the state level, New Ulm is split between two legislative districts – Senate District 22 held by Sen. Peggy Flanagan (DFL) and House District 22B held by Rep. Paul Torkelson (R). This diversity in representation reflects the values of constituents who live and work in the New Ulm Metro Area and who seek to have their voices heard on issues that matter most to them.
The political climate in New Ulm Metro Area is very conservative.
In New Ulm Metro Area 32.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 65.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, the New Ulm metro area remained overwhelmingly Republican, 65.3% to 32.5%.
The New Ulm metro area voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
New Ulm Metro Area is very 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.
New Ulm, 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 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 four elections.
Individual Campaign Contributions in New Ulm Metro Area
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 595 contributions totaling $66,300 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $111 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 192 contributions totaling $63,304 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $330 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)