The small town of 56236 Dumont, MN is a tight-knit community with a long history of strong civic engagement. The town's citizens take an active interest in the political issues facing their town and the state as a whole. Local elections are hotly contested and the mayor and city council members have to work hard to represent their constituents. The mayor and city council strive to make sure that all voices are heard when considering important decisions that will affect the future of Dumont. They also support initiatives that will benefit the entire community, such as investing in infrastructure, creating job opportunities, supporting small businesses, and increasing access to resources for those in need.
The political climate in Zip 56236 (Dumont, MN) is strongly conservative.
Traverse County, MN is strongly conservative. In Traverse County, MN 35.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 62.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Traverse county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 62.9% to 35.5%.
Traverse county voted Republican in four of the six previous Presidential elections (2008 and 2012 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 56236 (Dumont, MN) is strongly conservative.
Dumont, Minnesota is strongly conservative.
Traverse County, Minnesota is strongly 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.
Dumont, Minnesota: r r 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 56236 (Dumont)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 16 contributions totaling $1,900 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $119 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 7 contributions totaling $952 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $136 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)