Beardsley, MN is a small town located in Big Stone County with a population of 562 people. Despite its small size, Beardsley has a thriving political presence and is home to many local politicians. The most active political organizations in the area are the Big Stone County Republican Party, the Big Stone County Democratic-Farmer-Labor (DFL) Party, and the Independent Minnesota Party. All three organizations are dedicated to working on behalf of their constituents to ensure that their rights are protected and their interests represented in government. Additionally, several candidates have declared their intention to run for various offices at the local level in order to serve Beardsley's citizens. These individuals work hard to ensure that they have an impact on all levels of politics and are committed to ensuring that Beardsley remains a vibrant community.
The political climate in Zip 56211 (Beardsley, MN) is strongly conservative.
Big Stone County, MN is strongly conservative. In Big Stone County, MN 35.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 62.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Big Stone county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 62.6% to 35.4%.
Big Stone county voted Republican in three most recent Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in the previous three.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 56211 (Beardsley, MN) is strongly conservative.
Beardsley, Minnesota is strongly conservative.
Big Stone 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.
Beardsley, Minnesota: d d d 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 56211 (Beardsley)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 16 contributions totaling $3,216 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $201 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)