The small town of Rushford, Minnesota is a rural community that sits right along the banks of the Root River. With a population of less than 1,000 people, Rushford is a tight-knit community with strong ties to its local government. The town is governed by a mayor and four council members who are all elected at large to serve four-year terms. In addition to the mayor and council members, Rushford also has several other offices including an auditor, clerk/treasurer, public works director, and police chief. All these elected officials work hard to ensure that the needs of their constituents are met while also taking into account the overall well-being of the entire community. The local government in Rushford is dedicated to making sure that its citizens have access to quality services without making drastic changes or raising taxes unnecessarily.
The political climate in Zip 55971 (Rushford, MN) is moderately conservative.
Fillmore County, MN is moderately conservative. In Fillmore County, MN 37.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 60.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Fillmore county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 60.1% to 37.5%.
Fillmore county voted Republican in the two most recent Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in the previous four.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 55971 (Rushford, MN) is moderately conservative.
Rushford, Minnesota is moderately conservative.
Fillmore County, Minnesota is moderately conservative.
Rochester 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.
Rushford, 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 55971 (Rushford)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 4 contributions totaling $1,775 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $444 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 15 contributions totaling $850 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $57 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)