The small town of 56678 Solway, MN is located in the heart of Minnesota and has a population of just over 500 people. Despite its small size, there is still plenty of political activity within the town. Local elections are held every four years to decide on a mayor and city council members for the town. There are also several local political parties with active members in 56678 Solway, MN such as the Republican Party, Democratic Party, and Libertarian Party. These parties organize various activities throughout the year to promote their candidates and causes. As an example, local debates are organized regularly so that citizens can learn more about each candidate's platforms and views on different issues. In addition to local elections, residents can also participate in state and national politics by voting in those respective elections. The people of 56678 Solway, MN take their civic duties seriously and strive to make informed decisions when electing their representatives.
The political climate in Zip 56678 (Solway, MN) is somewhat conservative.
Beltrami County, MN is leaning conservative. In Beltrami County, MN 47.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 50.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Beltrami county remained Republican, 50.4% to 47.2%.
Beltrami county voted Republican again in 2020, after voting Democratic in 2012, 2008, and 2004.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 56678 (Solway, MN) is somewhat conservative.
Solway, Minnesota is somewhat conservative.
Beltrami County, Minnesota is leaning conservative.
Bemidji 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.
Solway, Minnesota: r 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 56678 (Solway)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 19 contributions totaling $422 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $22 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1 contributions totaling $25 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $25 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)