The small city of Gaylord, MN (population 4,050) is situated in Sibley County. With a Mayor and six City Council members elected at large for four-year terms, local politics are important to the citizens of Gaylord. The Council meets on the first and third Monday of every month to discuss issues pertinent to the city. These meetings are open to the public and all residents are encouraged to stay informed about local laws, regulations, and changes being made in Gaylord. The most recent election was held in November 2020 with the incumbent mayor being reelected to a four-year term. All city council members were also reelected for their respective terms as well. In addition to voting for local political candidates, voters have the opportunity to voice their opinion on items such as bond issues and levies that can impact taxes and development projects throughout the city.
The political climate in Zip 55334 (Gaylord, MN) is strongly conservative.
Sibley County, MN is very conservative. In Sibley County, MN 28.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 69.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Sibley county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 69.4% to 28.6%.
Sibley county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 55334 (Gaylord, MN) is strongly conservative.
Gaylord, Minnesota is strongly conservative.
Sibley County, Minnesota is very 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.
Gaylord, 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 55334 (Gaylord)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 10 contributions totaling $920 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $92 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 14 contributions totaling $3,495 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $250 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)