Jasper, MN is a small town located in the 56144 zip code. It is a typical Midwestern town, with a population of just over 6,000 people. The politics in Jasper are primarily handled through local government and elections. Each year, citizens come together to vote on important issues and elect representatives for their region. Candidates running for office must be residents of the town or surrounding area and must meet certain qualifications set by the state government. They also need to have good ideas for representing and improving the community. The election process helps to ensure that those who are elected have the best interests of all citizens in mind.
The political climate in Zip 56144 (Jasper, MN) is very conservative.
Rock County, MN is very conservative. In Rock County, MN 29.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 68.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Rock county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 68.4% to 29.7%.
Rock county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 56144 (Jasper, MN) is very conservative.
Jasper, Minnesota is very conservative.
Rock 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.
Jasper, 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 56144 (Jasper)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 8 contributions totaling $260 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $33 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 2 contributions totaling $600 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $300 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)