The small town of Round Lake, MN, with a zip code of 56167, is located in Sherburne County. Despite its size, the town has a vibrant political life. The local government is led by a mayor and city council who work together to make decisions that are best for the community. Local residents have plenty of opportunities to get involved in the political process through attending meetings and voicing their opinions and concerns to their elected officials. Elections for mayor and city council take place every four years, giving citizens an opportunity to select new leadership or re-elect those already in office. In addition to the local politics in Round Lake, county races provide more opportunities for citizens to be part of the political process. Sherburne County's Board of Commissioners is composed of seven members who are elected by their constituents every two years. All elections give voters a chance to shape their communities’ future by selecting candidates they believe will best represent them and make decisions that will benefit everyone living in Round Lake.
The political climate in Zip 56167 (Round Lake, MN) is strongly conservative.
Nobles County, MN is strongly conservative. In Nobles County, MN 33.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 64.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Nobles county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 64.3% to 33.7%.
Nobles county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 56167 (Round Lake, MN) is strongly conservative.
Round Lake, Minnesota is strongly conservative.
Nobles County, Minnesota is strongly conservative.
Worthington Metro Area is strongly 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.
Round Lake, 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 56167 (Round Lake)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 4 contributions totaling $255 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $64 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)