The small town of Chokio, MN, located in 56221, is represented by various political candidates. The town is part of the Stevens County where local government works to ensure that citizens of Chokio are well represented on a larger scale. With an eye towards keeping local citizens informed and involved in their community, the Stevens county provides resources for citizens to access information about local politicians and their platforms. This ensures that individuals in Chokio are able to make informed decisions when it comes time to cast their vote at election time.
The political climate in Zip 56221 (Chokio, MN) is moderately conservative.
Stevens County, MN is moderately conservative. In Stevens County, MN 37.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 59.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Stevens county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 59.9% to 37.8%.
Stevens county voted Republican in five of the last six Presidential elections (2008 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 56221 (Chokio, MN) is moderately conservative.
Chokio, Minnesota is moderately conservative.
Stevens County, Minnesota is moderately 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.
Chokio, 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 56221 (Chokio)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 3 contributions totaling $105 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $35 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)