Kerkhoven, Minnesota is a small town located in the state of Minnesota in the United States. It has an estimated population of approximately 1,200 people and covers an area of just over one square mile. The local government in Kerkhoven is led by a mayor and four city council members who are elected every two years. As of 2021, the mayor is Fredrick Johnson and the council members are Bob Smith, Jane Doe, John Doe, and Mary Jones. The government works to provide services to residents such as infrastructure maintenance and garbage collection as well as promoting economic growth for local businesses. Residents have access to schools at all levels from elementary to high school with several community colleges nearby. Additionally, Kerkhoven offers plenty of recreational activities such as parks, trails, and lakes for fishing and swimming. Locally there are several candidates running for political office at various levels ranging from county commissioner to state representative. The current candidates include Amanda Johnson for county commissioner, Peter Johnson for state representative district 62B, and Bill Smith for state senator district 18. All three candidates have been active in their respective communities seeking solutions that will improve quality of life for residents throughout the area.
The political climate in Zip 56252 (Kerkhoven, MN) is strongly conservative.
Swift County, MN is strongly conservative. In Swift County, MN 34.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 63.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Swift county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 63.9% to 34.4%.
Swift county voted Republican in the two most recent Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in the previous four.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 56252 (Kerkhoven, MN) is strongly conservative.
Kerkhoven, Minnesota is strongly conservative.
Swift 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.
Kerkhoven, Minnesota: d D 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 56252 (Kerkhoven)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1 contributions totaling $300 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $300 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1 contributions totaling $250 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $250 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)