The town of Byron, MN (55920) is a small close-knit community in southeastern Minnesota. It has a population of approximately 5,000 people and is located near Rochester and Winona. The city is served by its own local government which consists of five elected City Council members and a Mayor who are responsible for overseeing the day-to-day operations of the city. Local elections are held every two years and citizens can vote for their mayor and council members during those times. The City Council meets on the third Tuesday of each month to discuss topics such as budgeting, zoning laws, public safety issues, and other important matters. Additionally, Byron residents are able to take part in state and national elections to determine who will serve them at higher levels of government.
The political climate in Zip 55920 (Byron, MN) is leaning liberal.
Olmsted County, MN is somewhat liberal. In Olmsted County, MN 54.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 43.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Olmsted county remained strongly Democratic, 54.2% to 43.4%.
Olmsted county voted Democratic in the four most recent Presidential elections, after 2000 and 2004 went Republican.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 55920 (Byron, MN) is leaning liberal.
Byron, Minnesota is leaning liberal.
Olmsted County, Minnesota is somewhat liberal.
Rochester Metro Area is leaning 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.
Byron, Minnesota: r r d d d D
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 55920 (Byron)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 81 contributions totaling $16,646 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $206 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 79 contributions totaling $11,271 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $143 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)