56168 Rushmore, MN is a small town located in the north-western corner of the state. Despite its size, it has an active and engaged political atmosphere. Each election season brings residents out to vote for candidates who are determined to represent the interests of the community and to make positive changes. Local elections feature a wide variety of candidates from all walks of life, ranging from business owners and elected officials to activists and individuals who simply care deeply about their community. Regardless of who is elected, the common goal is always to ensure that Rushmore remains an amazing place to live.
The political climate in Zip 56168 (Rushmore, 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 56168 (Rushmore, MN) is strongly conservative.
Rushmore, 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.
Rushmore, 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 56168 (Rushmore)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2 contributions totaling $600 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $300 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 3 contributions totaling $60 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $20 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)