Welch, MN is a small town located in Central Minnesota with a population of around 400 people. The local politics in Welch are mainly focused on the day-to-day operations of the community and are managed by an elected town board. The town board consists of five members and is responsible for creating laws, approving budgets, resolving disputes, and addressing any other issues that arise within Welch. Other than the town board, there are no political candidates running in Welch as the size of the community makes it difficult to find candidates interested in running for office. As such, the local politics within Welch are determined by the decisions made by the town board and its members.
The political climate in Zip 55089 (Welch, MN) is moderately conservative.
Goodhue County, MN is somewhat conservative. In Goodhue County, MN 41.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 56.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Goodhue county remained strongly Republican, 56.1% to 41.2%.
Goodhue county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 55089 (Welch, MN) is moderately conservative.
Welch, Minnesota is moderately conservative.
Goodhue County, Minnesota is somewhat conservative.
Red Wing Metro Area is somewhat 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.
Welch, 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 55089 (Welch)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 95 contributions totaling $50,810 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $535 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 29 contributions totaling $22,020 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $759 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)