The small town of Milan, MN, with a population of just over 1,100 people, is located in Chippewa County and is part of the greater Minneapolis-St. Paul metropolitan area. Politically speaking, the town is represented at the local level by various elected officials who are responsible for making important decisions that affect the daily lives of its residents. The city government consists of a mayor, four council members, and other appointed municipal staff members who handle various administrative duties. At the state level, the citizens of Milan are represented by two senators and one representative in the Minnesota House of Representatives. All these elected officials work together to ensure that their constituents' needs are met and that their voices are heard when it comes to passing laws that will benefit their community. In addition to voting for representatives on all levels of government, citizens also have opportunities to get involved in local politics by attending public meetings or running for office themselves.
The political climate in Zip 56262 (Milan, MN) is strongly conservative.
Chippewa County, MN is strongly conservative. In Chippewa County, MN 33.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 64.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Chippewa county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 64.3% to 33.7%.
Chippewa county voted Republican again in 2020, after voting Democratic in 2012, 2008, and 2004.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 56262 (Milan, MN) is strongly conservative.
Milan, Minnesota is strongly conservative.
Chippewa 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.
Milan, Minnesota: r 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 56262 (Milan)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 9 contributions totaling $450 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $50 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 8 contributions totaling $206 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $26 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)