Elko New Market, MN (55020) is a small town located in Scott County, Minnesota. Although it is not a large city, the community takes pride in its politics and local elections. During major election cycles, Elko New Market residents take the time to research each candidate running for office and their views on important issues such as education, health care, job growth, and taxes that directly affect their lives. Residents of Elko New Market are passionate about voting for the candidates who they believe best represent their needs and interests. Political involvement in Elko New Market is always high with candidates competing for local city council seats, school board positions, county and state offices on both sides of the aisle. Elections are taken seriously by the citizens of Elko New Market who understand that their votes matter when it comes to shaping the future of their community.
The political climate in Zip 55020 (Elko New Market, MN) is somewhat conservative.
Scott County, MN is leaning conservative. In Scott County, MN 45.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 52.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Scott county remained moderately Republican, 52.1% to 45.5%.
Scott county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 55020 (Elko New Market, MN) is somewhat conservative.
Elko New Market, Minnesota is somewhat conservative.
Scott County, Minnesota is leaning 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.
Elko New Market, 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 55020 (Elko New Market)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 22 contributions totaling $563 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $26 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 20 contributions totaling $3,795 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $190 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)