Stewartville, Minnesota is a small city located in the southeastern corner of Olmsted County. It has a population of approximately 5,000 people and a current Mayor, Jeff Reinhardt. Politics in Stewartville are largely centered around local issues that affect the residents on a day-to-day basis such as taxes, infrastructure, public safety, and economic development. Many local elections revolve around candidates running on platforms that speak to these issues and how they can improve life for constituents. Recent focus has also been placed on making Stewartville more energy efficient with initiatives like solar energy projects and creating eco-friendly initiatives to reduce carbon emissions in the city. With its strong community spirit and commitment to progress, Stewartville will continue to be an engaged political environment for years to come.
The political climate in Zip 55976 (Stewartville, MN) is leaning liberal.
Olmsted County, MN is somewhat liberal. In Olmsted County, MN 54.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 43.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Olmsted county remained strongly Democratic, 54.2% to 43.4%.
Olmsted county voted Democratic in the four most recent Presidential elections, after 2000 and 2004 went Republican.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 55976 (Stewartville, MN) is leaning liberal.
Stewartville, Minnesota is leaning liberal.
Olmsted County, Minnesota is somewhat liberal.
Rochester Metro Area is leaning 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.
Stewartville, Minnesota: r r d d d D
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 55976 (Stewartville)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 23 contributions totaling $3,105 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $135 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 45 contributions totaling $2,507 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $56 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)