The small town of Goodridge, Minnesota (ZIP Code 56725) is located in the northwestern corner of Minnesota. It is a quiet and peaceful community with a population of about 500 people. The local politics in Goodridge are dominated by the Democratic-Farmer-Labor party, which holds a majority of elected offices in the town. The mayor, city council members, and school board members are all Democrats. In terms of governance, all decisions made by the elected officials must be approved by residents, through a voting process. Issues that arise regarding the town’s infrastructure and budget are typically discussed at town meetings that occur monthly or whenever necessary. Residents take an active role in local politics and strive to make sure that their voices are heard.
The political climate in Zip 56725 (Goodridge, MN) is strongly conservative.
Pennington County, MN is strongly conservative. In Pennington County, MN 35.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 62.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Pennington county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 62.3% to 35.3%.
Pennington county voted Republican in five of the last six Presidential elections (2008 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 56725 (Goodridge, MN) is strongly conservative.
Goodridge, Minnesota is strongly conservative.
Pennington 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.
Goodridge, 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 56725 (Goodridge)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 4 contributions totaling $160 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $40 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 2 contributions totaling $150 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $75 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)