56156 Luverne, MN is a small town with a population of about 4,000 people. Politically, the area leans mainly Republican and has voted for Republican candidates in recent elections. The current mayor of Luverne is Tom Smith, who was elected in 2019 and is running for re-election this year. He has recently made efforts to attract more businesses to the area in order to create jobs and increase economic prosperity. Other local political leaders include state senator Glenn Niermann, who was first elected in 2018, as well as several other Republicans who hold offices in the City Council and County Board of Commissioners. Overall, the citizens of 56156 Luverne are generally satisfied with their current leaders and the direction that the city is going.
The political climate in Zip 56156 (Luverne, MN) is strongly conservative.
Rock County, MN is very conservative. In Rock County, MN 29.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 68.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Rock county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 68.4% to 29.7%.
Rock county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 56156 (Luverne, MN) is strongly conservative.
Luverne, Minnesota is strongly conservative.
Rock County, Minnesota is very 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.
Luverne, 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 56156 (Luverne)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 113 contributions totaling $13,478 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $119 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 96 contributions totaling $9,470 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $99 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)