The small town of Altura, MN is located in Winona County and has a population of 559 people. The town is governed by a mayor and four council members who make up the city council. They are responsible for making decisions that benefit the local community, such as setting budgets, creating new ordinances, and approving infrastructure improvements. On top of this, they must also consider state-level policies when making decisions. Locally there are several political candidates running for office in the upcoming election cycle; all hoping to represent their constituents and bring change to Altura. As a result, citizens will have an opportunity to participate in the democratic process by voting for their chosen candidate. This will decide the future direction of Altura and how it can best serve its citizens.
The political climate in Zip 55910 (Altura, MN) is somewhat conservative.
Winona County, MN is leaning liberal. In Winona County, MN 49.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 48.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Winona county flipped narrowly Democratic, 49.1% to 48.7%.
Winona county flipped back to Democratic in the most recent Presidential election, after voting Republican in 2016.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 55910 (Altura, MN) is somewhat conservative.
Altura, Minnesota is somewhat conservative.
Winona County, Minnesota is leaning liberal.
Winona Metro Area is leaning liberal.
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.
Altura, Minnesota: d d D D r 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 55910 (Altura)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1 contributions totaling $15 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $15 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)