Red Wing, MN is a small town located in Goodhue County that has an estimated population of 16,412. The city is governed by an elected Mayor-Council system and also has representation from the state government. The current Mayor is Sean Dowse and there are four City Council members serving the community. All local political candidates in Red Wing are involved in making positive changes for the community and working towards economic development. There are also many other organizations such as the local Chamber of Commerce, school boards, county government, and more that help influence politics and decision making in Red Wing. With all these entities working together, Red Wing is sure to remain a great place to live for years to come.
The political climate in Zip 55066 (Red Wing, MN) is somewhat conservative.
Goodhue County, MN is somewhat conservative. In Goodhue County, MN 41.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 56.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Goodhue county remained strongly Republican, 56.1% to 41.2%.
Goodhue county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 55066 (Red Wing, MN) is somewhat conservative.
Red Wing, Minnesota is somewhat conservative.
Goodhue County, Minnesota is somewhat conservative.
Red Wing Metro Area is somewhat 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.
Red Wing, 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 55066 (Red Wing)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 791 contributions totaling $32,959 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $42 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 237 contributions totaling $216,721 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $914 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)