Marietta, MN is a small town in the state of Minnesota with a population of just over 500 residents. Politically, the town leans heavily towards the Republican Party and has voted for Republican candidates in every Presidential election since 1980. The Mayor of Marietta is a Republican as well and currently serves on the local city council. Local elections are nonpartisan and feature candidates from both major political parties who offer competing ideas for improving their community. Issues such as economic development, infrastructure investments, and public safety are frequently discussed during campaigns. Most recently, many local residents have been advocating for plans to help revitalize Marietta's downtown area. There is great support within the community for projects that will lead to increased job opportunities and improved quality of life in Marietta.
The political climate in Zip 56257 (Marietta, MN) is strongly conservative.
Lac qui Parle County, MN is strongly conservative. In Lac qui Parle County, MN 35.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 62.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Lac qui Parle county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 62.6% to 35.8%.
Lac qui Parle county voted Republican in the two most recent Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in the previous four.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 56257 (Marietta, MN) is strongly conservative.
Marietta, Minnesota is strongly conservative.
Lac qui Parle County, Minnesota is strongly 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.
Marietta, 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 56257 (Marietta)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1 contributions totaling $125 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $125 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)