Mayo Clinic in 55905 is a small town in Minnesota that has been traditionally conservative. The local political climate is largely shaped by the surrounding communities and influenced by the state level issues such as taxes, government spending and education. The majority of residents tend to vote Republican due to their alignment with the values of small-town America and limited government policies. Local candidates running for office in Mayo Clinic tend to represent a range of interests from fiscal responsibility, property rights, traditional values, healthcare reform and energy policy. Mayo Clinic citizens have consistently elected candidates who reflect their values and advocate for policies that help them thrive as a community.
The political climate in Zip 55905 (Mayo Clinic, MN) is leaning liberal.
Olmsted County, MN is somewhat liberal. In Olmsted County, MN 54.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 43.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Olmsted county remained strongly Democratic, 54.2% to 43.4%.
Olmsted county voted Democratic in the four most recent Presidential elections, after 2000 and 2004 went Republican.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 55905 (Mayo Clinic, MN) is leaning liberal.
Mayo Clinic, Minnesota is leaning liberal.
Olmsted County, Minnesota is somewhat liberal.
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.
Mayo Clinic, Minnesota: r r d d d D
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 55905 (Mayo Clinic)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 6 contributions totaling $1,701 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $284 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 2 contributions totaling $1,250 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $625 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)