The small rural town of Ponsford, MN with a population of 56575 is full of wonderful people. As a close-knit community, the citizens of Ponsford take politics very seriously. They carefully elect local representatives who are passionate about speaking up for their constituents and making positive changes in the area. There are several different political parties represented here, from the Democratic Party to the Republican Party and even some independent candidates. Every election season brings out many dedicated volunteers and campaigners who strive to make sure their preferred candidate is elected. In addition to voting for representatives, the citizens of Ponsford also participate in many civic activities such as town hall meetings and public forums where they can weigh in on important issues affecting their community.
The political climate in Zip 56575 (Ponsford, MN) is strongly conservative.
Becker County, MN is strongly conservative. In Becker County, MN 34.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 64.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Becker county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 64.1% to 34.0%.
Becker county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 56575 (Ponsford, MN) is strongly conservative.
Ponsford, Minnesota is strongly conservative.
Becker 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.
Ponsford, 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 56575 (Ponsford)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 61 contributions totaling $2,112 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $35 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 3 contributions totaling $273 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $91 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)