Mentor, MN is a small town located in Minnesota, with a population of 56736. It is governed by local government bodies such as the Town Council and Mayor. The Town Council consists of five members who are elected by the citizens of Mentor every four years. The Mayor also serves a four-year term and is elected by the citizens. In recent years there have been heated debates over issues such as property taxes and local development projects. Candidates running in local elections are often highly knowledgeable about the issues facing the community and strive to be transparent with their plans for the future of Mentor. Residents take part in their democracy by voting for who they believe will serve their community best and help to shape its future.
The political climate in Zip 56736 (Mentor, MN) is strongly conservative.
Polk County, MN is strongly conservative. In Polk County, MN 34.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 63.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Polk county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 63.3% to 34.9%.
Polk county voted Republican in five of the last six Presidential elections (2008 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 56736 (Mentor, MN) is strongly conservative.
Mentor, Minnesota is strongly conservative.
Polk County, Minnesota is strongly conservative.
Grand Forks Metro Area is moderately 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.
Mentor, Minnesota: R R d 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 56736 (Mentor)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 30 contributions totaling $5,650 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $188 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 2 contributions totaling $500 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $250 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)