55954 Mabel, MN is a small rural community with less than 500 inhabitants. It is located in the southeastern corner of the state and its politics are largely conservative. While voters in the area do not often get to choose their local candidates, they have been known to vote for different parties at both the county and state level. The area has historically elected primarily Republican candidates for seats in Congress, but more recently there has been an increase in support for Democratic candidates as well. In recent years, various ballot initiatives have been passed that relate to environmental conservation, healthcare access, and other issues that directly affect the residents of 55954 Mabel, MN. Despite its small size, this community takes its political responsibility seriously and strives to ensure all voices are heard when it comes to electing representatives that will do right by them.
The political climate in Zip 55954 (Mabel, MN) is moderately conservative.
Fillmore County, MN is moderately conservative. In Fillmore County, MN 37.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 60.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Fillmore county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 60.1% to 37.5%.
Fillmore county voted Republican in the two most recent Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in the previous four.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 55954 (Mabel, MN) is moderately conservative.
Mabel, Minnesota is moderately conservative.
Fillmore County, Minnesota is moderately conservative.
Rochester 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.
Mabel, 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 55954 (Mabel)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 10 contributions totaling $550 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $55 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 29 contributions totaling $12,990 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $448 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)