The small town of Glenville, MN (zip code 56036) has a population of approximately 400 people and is located in the southeastern part of the state. The city is home to a diverse community and is known for its strong sense of pride and civic involvement. Politically, Glenville is a conservative-leaning area, with most residents tending to vote Republican in national elections. Locally, there is no major political candidate running in the area, but as a whole the town has been very supportive of its local government and participates actively in local politics. The city council meets regularly to discuss important issues facing the community and to plan for the future. Many local initiatives such as road improvements or environmental conservation have been implemented over the years due to citizen input from members of this tight-knit community.
The political climate in Zip 56036 (Glenville, MN) is moderately conservative.
Freeborn County, MN is somewhat conservative. In Freeborn County, MN 41.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 57.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Freeborn county remained very strongly Republican, 57.0% to 41.0%.
Freeborn county voted Republican in the two most recent Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in the previous four.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 56036 (Glenville, MN) is moderately conservative.
Glenville, Minnesota is moderately conservative.
Freeborn County, Minnesota is somewhat conservative.
Albert Lea Metro Area is somewhat 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.
Glenville, Minnesota: D D D D 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 56036 (Glenville)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 4 contributions totaling $93 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $23 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 14 contributions totaling $4,995 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $357 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)