The politics of 56334 Glenwood, MN are heavily influenced by the five-member city council who are responsible for setting and approving the budget and ordinance passes. The city council is composed of Mayor Jared Thomas, as well as four other members who were elected to serve four year terms in 2019. These members bring a wide range of perspectives to their governing decisions from both the local and national political level. They strive to create an atmosphere that is conducive to economic growth while also protecting the rights of citizens. It is important for those living in 56334 Glenwood, MN to familiarize themselves with these public officials so that they are best prepared to participate in the community’s political dialogue and process.
The political climate in Zip 56334 (Glenwood, MN) is strongly conservative.
Pope County, MN is strongly conservative. In Pope County, MN 35.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 62.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Pope county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 62.9% to 35.3%.
Pope county voted Republican in five of the last six Presidential elections (2008 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 56334 (Glenwood, MN) is strongly conservative.
Glenwood, Minnesota is strongly conservative.
Pope County, Minnesota is strongly conservative.
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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.
Glenwood, Minnesota: r r d 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 56334 (Glenwood)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 113 contributions totaling $6,133 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $54 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 60 contributions totaling $8,240 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $137 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)