Eagle Lake, MN is a small town located in the southern part of the state with a population of 56024. Politics in Eagle Lake are largely focused on local issues and priorities for the community. The town is represented by a few local political candidates who work to advocate for their constituents. These candidates have worked hard to promote economic growth, educational opportunities, and public safety initiatives within Eagle Lake. Residents take pride in electing leaders who put their needs first and strive to make Eagle Lake an even better place to live. Through these efforts, the town has grown into a vibrant community where residents both old and young can enjoy all that it has to offer.
The political climate in Zip 56024 (Eagle Lake, MN) is leaning conservative.
Blue Earth County, MN is leaning liberal. In Blue Earth County, MN 50.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 46.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Blue Earth county flipped Democratic, 50.8% to 46.4%.
Blue Earth county flipped back Democratic in 2020, after voting Republican in 2000 and 2016.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 56024 (Eagle Lake, MN) is leaning conservative.
Eagle Lake, Minnesota is leaning conservative.
Blue Earth County, Minnesota is leaning liberal.
Mankato Metro Area is leaning 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.
Eagle Lake, Minnesota: r d D d r d
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 56024 (Eagle Lake)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 104 contributions totaling $2,449 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $24 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 18 contributions totaling $3,123 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $174 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)