Politics in La Crescent, MN (55947) are handled primarily by the government of Houston County, which includes the cities of Caledonia, Eitzen, Hokah, Houston, and La Crescent. In addition to local government officials such as county commissioners and mayors for each city, many state representatives serve this area. Each election cycle brings a new slate of candidates that seek to represent the interests of the people living in La Crescent and around the area. Political conversations within La Crescent and Houston County often focus on issues such as healthcare reform, taxation policies, education initiatives, and environmental stewardship. With the recent changes in social media platforms such as Facebook and Twitter, many of these discussions have become even more democratic with citizens actively engaging in political discourse.
The political climate in Zip 55947 (La Crescent, MN) is somewhat 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 55947 (La Crescent, MN) is somewhat conservative.
La Crescent, Minnesota is somewhat 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.
La Crescent, 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 55947 (La Crescent)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 108 contributions totaling $7,456 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $69 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 65 contributions totaling $25,586 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $394 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)