Houston, MN 55943 is a small city located in the southeastern part of Minnesota. It has a population of approximately 1,096 people, all of whom are members of the Fillmore County community. The local politics in Houston are overseen by the City Council. This body is composed of five members who serve two-year terms and are elected through an at-large system. Each year, these five individuals meet to discuss and set policies that benefit the city as a whole. From time to time, special elections may also be held for specific issues or projects within the city. Additionally, Houston has several political action committees (PACs) that advocate for certain causes and help inform citizens about upcoming elections and other important events happening in the community.
The political climate in Zip 55943 (Houston, MN) is moderately conservative.
Houston County, MN is somewhat conservative. In Houston County, MN 42.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 55.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Houston county remained strongly Republican, 55.4% to 42.4%.
Houston county voted Republican in four of the six previous Presidential elections (2008 and 2012 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 55943 (Houston, MN) is moderately conservative.
Houston, Minnesota is moderately conservative.
Houston County, Minnesota is somewhat conservative.
La Crosse-Onalaska Metro Area is somewhat liberal.
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.
Houston, Minnesota: r r 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 55943 (Houston)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 32 contributions totaling $1,184 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $37 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 22 contributions totaling $2,500 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $114 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)