The small town of Freeport, MN has a population of around 200 people and is located in Stearns County. The politics in 56331 Freeport, MN are dominated by local issues such as education, infrastructure development and public safety. Residents of the small community often vote for candidates that focus on these issues and who understand the unique needs of the rural area. Generally, residents show strong support for conservative causes but have been known to go against party lines when it comes to important topics. In recent years, the turnout has increased significantly for local elections due to an increase in awareness about how important it is to make sure your voice is heard. This shows that the citizens of Freeport take their politics seriously and are actively involved in the process.
The political climate in Zip 56331 (Freeport, MN) is strongly conservative.
Stearns County, MN is moderately conservative. In Stearns County, MN 37.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 60.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Stearns county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 60.1% to 37.6%.
Stearns county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 56331 (Freeport, MN) is strongly conservative.
Freeport, Minnesota is strongly conservative.
Stearns County, Minnesota is moderately 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.
Freeport, 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 56331 (Freeport)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 48 contributions totaling $8,874 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $185 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)