New Prague, MN is a small city located in Scott County with an estimated population of around 7,400 residents. The city's politics are managed by the five-member City Council who are elected to four-year terms on a nonpartisan basis. The council is responsible for setting policies and initiatives that guide the city's growth and development, as well as ensuring that appropriate public services such as fire and police protection, road maintenance, and public works are provided. The current mayor of New Prague is Mark McGinn, who has served since 2016. He is supported by a strong team of council members who represent their constituents in addressing local issues and making decisions that affect the quality of life in the city. Each year, voters come out to make their voice heard in local elections and choose who will represent them on matters of importance both large and small.
The political climate in Zip 56071 (New Prague, MN) is somewhat conservative.
Scott County, MN is leaning conservative. In Scott County, MN 45.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 52.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Scott county remained moderately Republican, 52.1% to 45.5%.
Scott county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 56071 (New Prague, MN) is somewhat conservative.
New Prague, Minnesota is somewhat conservative.
Scott County, Minnesota is leaning conservative.
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington Metro Area is moderately liberal.
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.
New Prague, Minnesota: R R R 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 56071 (New Prague)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 95 contributions totaling $3,517 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $37 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 58 contributions totaling $9,534 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $164 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)