The small town of Conger, MN is a rural community located in Freeborn County. It has a population of fewer than 200 people, and is part of the Albert Lea Township. The town is not large enough to support its own political candidates, but it does have representatives in the Minnesota Legislature. The current legislators from Freeborn County include Senator Dan Sparks and Representative Shannon Savick. Both are committed to representing the needs of their constituents and fighting for policies that benefit all members of the community. Conger also participates in local elections, and residents can vote for representatives on the Freeborn County Board of Commissioners as well as other county offices such as Sheriff, Attorney, Clerk, Treasurer, Assessor, Auditor/Recorder and Surveyor. In addition to exercising their right to vote in these elections, Conger residents can stay informed about local politics by attending Town Hall meetings or participating in civic activities. These activities help foster greater engagement with political issues impacting the community and ensure that residents’ voices are heard at all levels of government.
The political climate in Zip 56020 (Conger, 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 56020 (Conger, MN) is moderately conservative.
Conger, 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.
Conger, 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 56020 (Conger)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 9 contributions totaling $67 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $7 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)