Browns Valley, Minnesota is a small rural town located in the prairies of western Minnesota. It has a population of around 800 people and is a part of the Traverse County area. The local government of Browns Valley is managed by the city council, which consists of five members all elected by residents from the area. Each member serves four-year terms and holds regular meetings to discuss issues facing the town. Policy decisions are voted on by the council and then put into law. Some topics that have been discussed in recent years include infrastructure improvements, resource management, economic development and public safety initiatives. The city also works closely with nearby townships in order to ensure that everyone’s needs are met across the county. Residents have an opportunity to get involved in local politics by attending city council meetings or running for office; however local candidates do not need to be mentioned in this paragraph.
The political climate in Zip 56219 (Browns Valley, MN) is moderately conservative.
Traverse County, MN is strongly conservative. In Traverse County, MN 35.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 62.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Traverse county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 62.9% to 35.5%.
Traverse county voted Republican in four of the six previous Presidential elections (2008 and 2012 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 56219 (Browns Valley, MN) is moderately conservative.
Browns Valley, Minnesota is moderately conservative.
Traverse 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.
Browns Valley, Minnesota: r r 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 56219 (Browns Valley)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2 contributions totaling $500 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $250 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 5 contributions totaling $800 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $160 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)