Motley, MN is a small town located in central Minnesota with a population of around 1,000 people. The city is governed by a Mayor and four City Council members who are elected to serve two-year terms. There has been some recent controversy in the city regarding proposed zoning changes and possible changes to the city's building codes. Local residents have become involved in the discussion through public meetings and protests. The City Council regularly holds public hearings to discuss new initiatives or to take feedback from citizens on current projects. In addition, local political candidates are actively seeking support from members of the community during election seasons. Although Motley is a small town, its politics still have an effect on the lives of its residents and their ability to live peacefully in their community.
The political climate in Zip 56466 (Motley, MN) is very conservative.
Morrison County, MN is very conservative. In Morrison County, MN 22.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 75.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Morrison county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 75.8% to 22.3%.
Morrison county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 56466 (Motley, MN) is very conservative.
Motley, Minnesota is very conservative.
Morrison 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.
Motley, 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 56466 (Motley)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 28 contributions totaling $574 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $21 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 47 contributions totaling $4,105 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $87 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)