Nicollet, MN is a small city with a population of just over 1,000 people. It is served by the Nicollet City Council which consists of five members elected to serve two-year terms. The city council is responsible for making decisions about budgeting, public works projects, and other issues related to running the city. They also work closely with the mayor and other government officials to ensure that all facets of local government are being properly managed. The current mayor is Tom Neuenschwander, who was reelected in 2020 after serving four consecutive terms. He has worked hard to build relationships between the city’s government departments and local businesses in order to ensure that economic development stays consistent in Nicollet. Along with his time as mayor, he has served on several county committees designed to promote growth within the community. All in all, Nicollet has a healthy political system that helps keep citizens informed about local issues and offers them opportunities for engagement through their municipal government.
The political climate in Zip 56074 (Nicollet, MN) is leaning conservative.
Nicollet County, MN is leaning liberal. In Nicollet County, MN 50.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 47.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Nicollet county flipped Democratic, 50.3% to 47.2%.
Nicollet county flipped back Democratic in 2020, after voting Republican in 2000 and 2016.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 56074 (Nicollet, MN) is leaning conservative.
Nicollet, Minnesota is leaning conservative.
Nicollet County, Minnesota is leaning liberal.
Mankato Metro Area is leaning 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.
Nicollet, Minnesota: r d D d r 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 56074 (Nicollet)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 3 contributions totaling $100 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $33 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 38 contributions totaling $6,904 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $182 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)