Racine, Minnesota is a small city located in Winona County. The city has a mayor-council form of government, with the mayor as the chief executive and the council acting as legislative branches of local government. The current mayor is Jeff Olson, who was elected in 2018 following the retirement of long-time mayor Gary Wiersgalla. The council members are all elected to serve four-year terms on a staggered basis. Each year, two seats come up for election and these seats rotate between Councilors from each of the four wards in Racine. The City Council works diligently to make laws and policies that allow for economic development while preserving traditional values and culture specific to Racine. In addition to the Mayor and Council, Racine also has appointed officials chosen by the Mayor and approved by the City Council to help manage day-to-day operations. Together, they strive to ensure that Racine remains a safe and thriving community for all residents.
The political climate in Zip 55967 (Racine, MN) is somewhat conservative.
Mower County, MN is leaning conservative. In Mower County, MN 46.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 51.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Mower county remained moderately Republican, 51.8% to 46.0%.
Mower county voted Republican in the two most recent Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in the previous four.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 55967 (Racine, MN) is somewhat conservative.
Racine, Minnesota is somewhat conservative.
Mower County, Minnesota is leaning conservative.
Austin 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.
Racine, Minnesota: D D D D 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 55967 (Racine)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 29 contributions totaling $565 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $19 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)