56271 Murdock, MN is a small town located in the state of Minnesota. It has a population of approximately 500 people and is governed by a mayor-council form of government. The political structure in 56271 Murdock consists of an elected mayor who serves as both the chief executive officer and head of the council. The council is made up of five members with each member representing one of the wards in the city. Elections for mayor and council members are held every two years with election day being on the first Tuesday following the first Monday in November. In addition, there are several local organizations that represent various interests such as business owners, civic leaders, education advocates and more. These organizations work together to ensure that all citizens have a voice in their local government.
The political climate in Zip 56271 (Murdock, MN) is strongly conservative.
Swift County, MN is strongly conservative. In Swift County, MN 34.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 63.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Swift county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 63.9% to 34.4%.
Swift county voted Republican in the two most recent Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in the previous four.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 56271 (Murdock, MN) is strongly conservative.
Murdock, Minnesota is strongly conservative.
Swift 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.
Murdock, 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 56271 (Murdock)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 28 contributions totaling $1,589 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $57 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 13 contributions totaling $3,850 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $296 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)