In Borup, MN (56519), politics are based around the local area and its needs. This small town is located in Norman County with a population of about 400 people. Local government is made up of town meetings, led by a mayor and four city council members who discuss and make decisions on matters that affect the community. These decisions range from budgeting to zoning regulations to infrastructure development. The political climate in this area is generally conservative, with most citizens voting Republican in national elections. The local political candidates typically come from the same party but also represent competing interests within the community. Issues such as economic development, tax reform, public safety, and quality of life are frequently discussed at these meetings and have been addressed in recent elections.
The political climate in Zip 56519 (Borup, MN) is moderately conservative.
Norman County, MN is somewhat conservative. In Norman County, MN 40.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 56.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Norman county remained very strongly Republican, 56.8% to 40.8%.
Norman county voted Republican again in 2020, after voting Democratic in 2012, 2008, and 2004.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 56519 (Borup, MN) is moderately conservative.
Borup, Minnesota is moderately conservative.
Norman County, Minnesota is somewhat 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.
Borup, Minnesota: r d D D 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 56519 (Borup)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2 contributions totaling $700 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $350 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)