The small town of Belle Plaine, Minnesota is located within Scott County and has a population of around 6,600 residents. The city is governed by both a mayor and a city council comprised of seven members. Currently, the Mayor of Belle Plaine is Mayor Chris Meyer and the City Council Members are: Lisa Block; Brian Kirschner; Sarah Mattson; Brooke Reiner; Roger Runck and Jon Svec. The local political scene in 56011 focuses on issues such as utilities, property taxes, public safety, infrastructure projects, economic development and quality of life initiatives. As part of their efforts to improve the community, the City Council works closely with local organizations to ensure a high quality of life for all residents. Additionally, there are several active civic groups that participate in different events throughout the year which help to promote community spirit.
The political climate in Zip 56011 (Belle Plaine, MN) is somewhat conservative.
Scott County, MN is leaning conservative. In Scott County, MN 45.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 52.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Scott county remained moderately Republican, 52.1% to 45.5%.
Scott county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 56011 (Belle Plaine, MN) is somewhat conservative.
Belle Plaine, Minnesota is somewhat conservative.
Scott County, Minnesota is leaning conservative.
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington Metro Area is moderately 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.
Belle Plaine, 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 56011 (Belle Plaine)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 141 contributions totaling $4,326 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $31 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 66 contributions totaling $12,629 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $191 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)