Foley, MN is located in Benton County and is a small town with a population of around 3,500 people. It is governed by a mayor-council form of government and has a City Council that consists of four members elected at large. The Mayor is elected to a two-year term. The current mayor is Allen Splett and the City Council consists of Betty Wieffering, Jeff Neuhaus, Tim O’Connor, and Tony Schmitt. Foley has several community organizations including the Foley Area Chamber of Commerce and the Foley Youth Activities Club. In addition to these organizations, there are several political interest groups that meet regularly in the city such as the Benton County Republicans and Benton County Democrats. All of these organizations work together to ensure the best possible lifestyle for residents in Foley, MN.
The political climate in Zip 56329 (Foley, MN) is strongly conservative.
Benton County, MN is very conservative. In Benton County, MN 32.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 64.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Benton county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 64.6% to 32.7%.
Benton county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 56329 (Foley, MN) is strongly conservative.
Foley, Minnesota is strongly conservative.
Benton County, Minnesota is very conservative.
St. Cloud Metro Area is strongly 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.
Foley, 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 56329 (Foley)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 292 contributions totaling $15,170 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $52 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 5 contributions totaling $1,221 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $244 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)