New Richland, MN is a small city located in Waseca County. With a population of just over 1,500 individuals, the politics of the area are heavily influenced by local issues and individual preferences. All elections are determined by its citizens who take part in local races for mayor, city council and school board positions. Politically, New Richland is largely a conservative community with values that reflect those of smaller rural towns. The residents of New Richland take an active role in political decisions made both locally and nationally to ensure their voices are heard on important issues such as taxes and health care. There have been many successful initiatives taken to improve the city's infrastructure including road improvements, increased police presence, and increased funding for education. The people of New Richland understand the importance of politics and take pride in ensuring their voice is represented at all levels of government.
The political climate in Zip 56072 (New Richland, MN) is strongly conservative.
Waseca County, MN is strongly conservative. In Waseca County, MN 33.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 63.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Waseca county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 63.8% to 33.7%.
Waseca county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 56072 (New Richland, MN) is strongly conservative.
New Richland, Minnesota is strongly conservative.
Waseca County, Minnesota is strongly 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.
New Richland, 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 56072 (New Richland)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 9 contributions totaling $750 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $83 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 48 contributions totaling $9,330 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $194 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)