The small town of Easton, Minnesota (zip code 56025) is a rural community located in the southeastern part of the state. Although it is a relatively small and rural area, politics still play an important role in Easton life. The area is represented at the federal level by US Representative Angie Craig and Senator Tina Smith, both from the Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party (DFL). On the state level, residents are represented by State Representative Shelly Christensen and State Senator Rich Draheim of the Republican Party. Local elections also take place with a variety of candidates running for positions on the Easton Town Council and other offices. During election season, local political discussions can be found throughout Easton as residents cast ballots to decide who will best represent their interests on the state and national levels.
The political climate in Zip 56025 (Easton, MN) is very conservative.
Faribault County, MN is very conservative. In Faribault County, MN 32.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 65.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Faribault county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 65.6% to 32.0%.
Faribault county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 56025 (Easton, MN) is very conservative.
Easton, Minnesota is very conservative.
Faribault County, Minnesota is very 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.
Easton, 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 three elections.
Individual Campaign Contributions in zip 56025 (Easton)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)