Politics in 56253 Lake Lillian, MN is generally considered to be a very conservative leaning area. Local elections are typically low-key affairs with few candidates running for office. The current mayor, Sharon Thompson, is a Republican who was elected in 2019. She has been an active mayor and advocate for local issues, including advocating for support in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. In recent years, the majority of the candidates have been Republicans or independents, though there can occasionally be some Democratic challengers looking to change up the political landscape of the town. All local elections in 56253 Lake Lillian are run on nonpartisan ballots, and most residents find that their opinions on most issues tend to align with one party or another.
The political climate in Zip 56253 (Lake Lillian, MN) is strongly conservative.
Kandiyohi County, MN is strongly conservative. In Kandiyohi County, MN 36.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 61.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Kandiyohi county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 61.8% to 36.1%.
Kandiyohi county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 56253 (Lake Lillian, MN) is strongly conservative.
Lake Lillian, Minnesota is strongly conservative.
Kandiyohi County, Minnesota is strongly conservative.
Willmar Metro Area is strongly conservative.
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.
Lake Lillian, Minnesota: r R r 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 56253 (Lake Lillian)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 8 contributions totaling $935 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $117 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 17 contributions totaling $1,547 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $91 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)