The city of Brownton, MN (55312) is a small suburban town located in McLeod County. It has a population of 1,386 people and is governed by the Brownton City Council. The City Council consists of four elected members and a Mayor who all serve two-year terms. They are responsible for managing the city's budget, enforcing local ordinances, and providing services such as public safety, parks and recreational activities to the residents of Brownton. In addition to the City Council, there are also various local boards made up of volunteers from the community that oversee different aspects of life in Brownton. These include planning and zoning commissions, school boards and other committees focused on making decisions about how best to serve the citizens of Brownton. There are no current political candidates running for office in 55312 Brownton, MN this year but residents can get involved in local politics by attending meetings or volunteering for committees or boards that serve their community.
The political climate in Zip 55312 (Brownton, MN) is very conservative.
McLeod County, MN is very conservative. In McLeod County, MN 30.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 66.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, McLeod county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 66.8% to 30.6%.
McLeod county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 55312 (Brownton, MN) is very conservative.
Brownton, Minnesota is very conservative.
McLeod County, Minnesota is very conservative.
Hutchinson Metro Area is very conservative.
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.
Brownton, 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 55312 (Brownton)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 24 contributions totaling $1,335 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $56 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 14 contributions totaling $996 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $71 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)