The city of Cleveland, MN is located in the middle of Minnesota and has a population of around 1,622 people. It is governed by an elected mayor and four council members who are responsible for setting local policy and managing the city's budget. The current mayor is John Schmieder, who was re-elected in 2018 after running unopposed. The four council members are Kayla Cavanaugh, Matt Johnson, Robert Eichelberger, and Kim Casella. All five local officials work together to ensure that Cleveland's residents receive the best services possible from their government. They prioritize infrastructure projects such as road improvements and water system upgrades, as well as promote economic development initiatives to help bring businesses into the area. Other issues the city government deals with include public safety, environmental protection, and community development initiatives.
The political climate in Zip 56017 (Cleveland, MN) is strongly conservative.
Le Sueur County, MN is strongly conservative. In Le Sueur County, MN 33.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 64.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Le Sueur county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 64.1% to 33.7%.
Le Sueur county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 56017 (Cleveland, MN) is strongly conservative.
Cleveland, Minnesota is strongly conservative.
Le Sueur County, Minnesota is strongly conservative.
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington Metro Area is moderately liberal.
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.
Cleveland, 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 56017 (Cleveland)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 30 contributions totaling $3,515 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $117 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 7 contributions totaling $795 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $114 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)