Glyndon, Minnesota is a small town located in the northwestern corner of the state. With a population of just over 1,400 people, it is a quiet and close-knit community. Even though Glyndon is small, it still has an active political life. The city is governed by a Mayor/Council form of government with six council members elected to serve two-year terms. The current Mayor is Roger Tietz and he leads the town’s efforts to provide quality services and develop sustainable projects for all residents. In addition to the Mayor/Council form of government, Glyndon holds regular local elections in which citizens can vote for representatives from their district on important issues such as taxes, public safety, infrastructure improvements and more. All registered voters have the opportunity to cast their vote during local election day each year in November.
The political climate in Zip 56547 (Glyndon, MN) is leaning conservative.
Clay County, MN is leaning liberal. In Clay County, MN 50.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 46.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Clay county flipped Democratic, 50.7% to 46.7%.
Clay county flipped Democratic in the most recent Presidential election (2000, 2004 and 2016 went Republican).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 56547 (Glyndon, MN) is leaning conservative.
Glyndon, Minnesota is leaning conservative.
Clay County, Minnesota is leaning liberal.
Fargo Metro Area is leaning 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.
Glyndon, Minnesota: r r D d r d
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 56547 (Glyndon)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 13 contributions totaling $2,689 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $207 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 7 contributions totaling $942 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $135 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)