The politics in 55964 Plainview, MN are largely focused on state-level issues, as the city is located in Minnesota’s 1st District. At the state level, residents of 55964 Plainview are represented in both the State House and Senate by representatives from the Republican Party. Major local political issues tend to focus on education and infrastructure spending, with many local citizens voicing strong opinions on matters that affect their day-to-day lives. As such, local debates often focus around how best to finance schools and roads while providing necessary services for citizens without overburdening taxpayers. In terms of initiatives, local politicians have recently worked to pass a resolution outlawing discrimination based upon race or gender within the city limits of 55964 Plainview. Overall, voters in 55964 Plainview are politically engaged and concerned about their communities’ well-being given its importance to them.
The political climate in Zip 55964 (Plainview, MN) is strongly conservative.
Wabasha County, MN is strongly conservative. In Wabasha County, MN 35.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 62.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Wabasha county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 62.1% to 35.8%.
Wabasha county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 55964 (Plainview, MN) is strongly conservative.
Plainview, Minnesota is strongly conservative.
Wabasha County, Minnesota is strongly conservative.
Rochester Metro Area is leaning conservative.
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.
Plainview, 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 55964 (Plainview)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 37 contributions totaling $2,364 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $64 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 110 contributions totaling $8,504 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $77 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)