Preble, MN is located in Blue Earth County and is a small community of about 400 people. The city is governed by a three-member City Council with the mayor as its chairperson. The mayor and council are elected by the citizens of Preble who are eligible to vote in local elections. The council meetings take place on the second Tuesday of each month and provide citizens with an opportunity to get involved in their local government. Issues that have been discussed at these meetings include infrastructure improvements, public safety initiatives, and community building projects. Additionally, the City Council works closely with other governmental entities in Blue Earth County to collaborate on regional issues and plans for economic development. All citizens of Preble are encouraged to participate in the political process through voting as well as attending city council meetings to stay informed about local politics.
The political climate in Preble, MN is strongly conservative.
Fillmore County, MN is moderately conservative. In Fillmore County, MN 37.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 60.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Fillmore county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 60.1% to 37.5%.
Fillmore county voted Republican in the two most recent Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in the previous four.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Preble, MN is strongly conservative.
Fillmore County, Minnesota is moderately 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.
Preble, 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 Preble, MN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 124 contributions totaling $5,038 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $41 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 71 contributions totaling $16,466 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $232 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)