Le Roy, MN is a small city located in Mower County with a population of 662 people. Politics in the area are largely shaped by local government and officials representing the area. Le Roy has two City Council members that serve four-year terms. The current Mayor is Rex Prestby and the other Council members are Penny Neveau, Dave Roebke, and Tammie Moncada. These elected officials work together to pass ordinances, approve budgets, address local issues, and advocate for the interests of their constituents. In addition to the City Council, Le Roy also participates in county-level politics through the Mower County Board of Commissioners where it is represented by three members. This body works to shape county-wide policies and regulations as well as allocate funds for various projects across Mower County.
The political climate in Zip 55951 (Le Roy, MN) is somewhat conservative.
Mower County, MN is leaning conservative. In Mower County, MN 46.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 51.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Mower county remained moderately Republican, 51.8% to 46.0%.
Mower county voted Republican in the two most recent Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in the previous four.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 55951 (Le Roy, MN) is somewhat conservative.
Le Roy, Minnesota is somewhat conservative.
Mower County, Minnesota is leaning conservative.
Austin Metro Area is leaning 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.
Le Roy, 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 55951 (Le Roy)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 118 contributions totaling $20,916 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $177 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 8 contributions totaling $310 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $39 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)