The small town of Leota, MN is located in 56153 and has a population of approximately 600 people. It is home to a number of local businesses and families, all of whom are served by their elected officials, each of whom hold a unique set of values and beliefs about how the community should be run. While there are no political candidates currently in the running for office at this time, any future elections that occur in Leota will serve as an opportunity for residents to engage with their local government to make sure that their voice and needs are heard. In addition, local leaders encourage civic engagement through various volunteer programs such as the city’s food pantry and afterschool programs. These initiatives provide an avenue to get involved with local politics and further develop relationships between the citizens and those who represent them.
The political climate in Zip 56153 (Leota, MN) is very conservative.
Nobles County, MN is strongly conservative. In Nobles County, MN 33.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 64.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Nobles county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 64.3% to 33.7%.
Nobles county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 56153 (Leota, MN) is very conservative.
Leota, Minnesota is very conservative.
Nobles County, Minnesota is strongly conservative.
Worthington Metro Area is strongly 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.
Leota, 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 56153 (Leota)
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 9 contributions totaling $500 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $56 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)