Politics in 56164 Pipestone, MN are largely focused on the local level. The Mayor of the city is Dane Hegna, who was first elected in 2018 and is running for reelection in 2020. The City Council consists of three members who are elected at-large in staggered terms; the current members are David Ristau, Mark Seurer, and Debra Patterson. Local elections often focus on issues such as economic development and infrastructure improvements. Other topics which have been discussed include community events and improvements to parks and recreation facilities. In addition to these local elections, residents of 56164 Pipestone, MN also take part in state and national elections for offices such as senators and representatives.
The political climate in Zip 56164 (Pipestone, MN) is strongly conservative.
Pipestone County, MN is very conservative. In Pipestone County, MN 26.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 71.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Pipestone county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 71.9% to 26.4%.
Pipestone county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 56164 (Pipestone, MN) is strongly conservative.
Pipestone, Minnesota is strongly conservative.
Pipestone County, Minnesota is very 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.
Pipestone, 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 56164 (Pipestone)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 61 contributions totaling $3,625 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $59 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 38 contributions totaling $18,396 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $484 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)