Canby, MN is a small town in Yellow Medicine County with an estimated population of 2,075. It is governed by a local government which consists of a mayor and four city council members who are elected every four years. The current mayor is Paul Goedtke, and the current city council members are John Fiedler, Leslie Schreiber, Debra Wiese-Hjelmstad, and Robert Reuter. The citizens of Canby have the right to vote on any local political decision at the polls on election day and their voices matter to their representatives. Canby provides its citizens with various services such as public infrastructure, health services, education programs, fire protection and more. Additionally, the city has several parks and recreational activities including festivals throughout the year. Residents of Canby take pride in their community and work together to create a safe and healthy environment for everyone to enjoy.
The political climate in Zip 56220 (Canby, MN) is strongly conservative.
Yellow Medicine County, MN is very conservative. In Yellow Medicine County, MN 30.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 67.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Yellow Medicine county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 67.5% to 30.5%.
Yellow Medicine county voted Republican in five of the last six Presidential elections (2008 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 56220 (Canby, MN) is strongly conservative.
Canby, Minnesota is strongly conservative.
Yellow Medicine 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.
Canby, Minnesota: r r d 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 56220 (Canby)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 30 contributions totaling $1,038 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $35 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 10 contributions totaling $3,500 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $350 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)