Rockford, MN is a small town located in the northern part of the state with a population of approximately 5,500 people. The city is governed by an elected mayor and five city council members. All elections are nonpartisan and held every two years. Every resident in Rockford has the opportunity to be involved in local politics by voting for their preferred candidates or running for office themselves. The city also utilizes community input for important decisions through town hall meetings and a citizens advisory committee which helps inform the decisions made by local government leaders. In addition, the community is served by several local organizations that promote civic engagement such as the Rockford Area Community Foundation and the Rockford Chamber of Commerce. These organizations work together to create an environment where citizens can feel empowered to participate in civic life and become active members of their community regardless of political affiliation.
The political climate in Zip 55373 (Rockford, MN) is strongly conservative.
Wright County, MN is strongly conservative. In Wright County, MN 34.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 63.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Wright county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 63.1% to 34.5%.
Wright county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 55373 (Rockford, MN) is strongly conservative.
Rockford, Minnesota is strongly conservative.
Wright County, Minnesota is strongly conservative.
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington Metro Area is moderately liberal.
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.
Rockford, 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 55373 (Rockford)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 51 contributions totaling $5,543 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $109 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 21 contributions totaling $8,100 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $386 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)