The small town of Bricelyn, Minnesota is situated in the far southwest corner of Freeborn County with a population of around 470. Even though it is a small community, politics are an important part of the local culture in 56014. Local elections for mayor and city council members are held every two years, providing a great opportunity for residents to get involved and make their voices heard. The town prides itself on its strong sense of civic engagement and encourages all its citizens to get out and vote during local elections. Many local businesses actively support their preferred candidates by providing discounts or other incentives to customers who vote in the elections. While Bricelyn is not home to any big-name political figures, its residents take great pride in having their votes count towards who represents them at the local level.
The political climate in Zip 56014 (Bricelyn, MN) is strongly conservative.
Faribault County, MN is very conservative. In Faribault County, MN 32.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 65.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Faribault county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 65.6% to 32.0%.
Faribault county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 56014 (Bricelyn, MN) is strongly conservative.
Bricelyn, Minnesota is strongly conservative.
Faribault County, Minnesota is very 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.
Bricelyn, 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 56014 (Bricelyn)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 82 contributions totaling $18,516 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $226 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 3 contributions totaling $595 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $198 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)