Herman, MN is a small rural town located in the southwestern corner of Minnesota. The town has a population of just over 500 people and is a close-knit community of farmers, ranchers, and other hardworking individuals. Though relatively small, Herman still has an active political landscape that helps to shape the future of the community. Local elections are held every two years for mayor and city council members, with the most recent election occurring in 2020. The current mayor is Steve Hoeppner and the five current city council members are Ryan Hendrickson, Mark Jones, Mike Miller, Melissa Olson, and Jacob Smith. During their terms these elected officials help to create policies and legislation that promote safety, economic growth, and quality of life for residents of Herman.
The political climate in Zip 56248 (Herman, MN) is strongly conservative.
Grant County, MN is strongly conservative. In Grant County, MN 35.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 62.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Grant county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 62.1% to 35.6%.
Grant county voted Republican in five of the last six Presidential elections (2008 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 56248 (Herman, MN) is strongly conservative.
Herman, Minnesota is strongly conservative.
Grant 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.
Herman, 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 56248 (Herman)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2 contributions totaling $2,800 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $1,400 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1 contributions totaling $200 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $200 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)