In the small town of Rochert, MN (zip code 56578), politics are handled mainly on the local level. There is a mayor and four city council members elected to serve the community for a two-year term. Candidates for office are chosen by the citizens at large, with elections taking place every two years. The mayor and city council have a variety of responsibilities, including setting and enforcing laws, managing public funds, providing services to citizens, promoting economic development in the city, and representing their constituents at state and federal levels. The goal of local politics is to protect the rights of citizens while ensuring that their quality of life is improved through better infrastructure and services. The people of Rochert are proud to have elected leaders who they feel will put their interests first while also serving the needs of their community.
The political climate in Zip 56578 (Rochert, 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 56578 (Rochert, MN) is strongly conservative.
Rochert, 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.
Rochert, 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 56578 (Rochert)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 5 contributions totaling $476 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $95 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)