The small town of 56016 Clarks Grove, MN is a tight-knit community that takes pride in its political involvement. While it does not elect a mayor or any other local government officials, the town holds regular meetings where citizens come together to discuss important issues such as infrastructure and public safety. Citizens can also get involved by attending neighborhood association meetings and voting in state and national elections. Education is also highly valued, with Clarks Grove families advocating for quality education opportunities for their children. While there are no local political candidates, citizens here are passionate about making sure their voices are heard when it comes to deciding who represents them on a larger scale.
The political climate in Zip 56016 (Clarks Grove, MN) is moderately conservative.
Freeborn County, MN is somewhat conservative. In Freeborn County, MN 41.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 57.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Freeborn county remained very strongly Republican, 57.0% to 41.0%.
Freeborn county voted Republican in the two most recent Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in the previous four.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 56016 (Clarks Grove, MN) is moderately conservative.
Clarks Grove, Minnesota is moderately conservative.
Freeborn County, Minnesota is somewhat conservative.
Albert Lea Metro Area is somewhat 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.
Clarks Grove, Minnesota: D D 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 56016 (Clarks Grove)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 22 contributions totaling $332 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $15 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 7 contributions totaling $580 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $83 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)