Brownsville, Minnesota is a small rural town in the southeastern corner of the state. Located in Mower County, Brownsville has a population of just over 1,000 people. It is an independent and diverse community with a variety of opinions when it comes to local politics. The city government is led by a mayor and four council members who are elected every two years. Each have their own individual views on how best to improve the quality of life for the citizens of Brownsville. Issues such as economic development, education, public safety, and infrastructure improvements are all important topics that residents will consider when casting their ballots. In addition to electing officials that share the same values, locals also have the opportunity to voice their concerns through town meetings or other forms of civic engagement. All these factors come together to create an informed and engaged citizenry that can participate in and shape the future of their community.
The political climate in Zip 55919 (Brownsville, MN) is moderately conservative.
Houston County, MN is somewhat conservative. In Houston County, MN 42.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 55.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Houston county remained strongly Republican, 55.4% to 42.4%.
Houston county voted Republican in four of the six previous Presidential elections (2008 and 2012 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 55919 (Brownsville, MN) is moderately conservative.
Brownsville, Minnesota is moderately conservative.
Houston County, Minnesota is somewhat conservative.
La Crosse-Onalaska Metro Area is somewhat 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.
Brownsville, 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 55919 (Brownsville)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 3 contributions totaling $30 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $10 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1 contributions totaling $53 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $53 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)