Springfield, MN is a small town located in the state of Minnesota with a population of approximately 56087. It is served by local political representatives who are dedicated to serving their constituents and ensuring that the town has adequate resources to support its residents. The primary goal for these officials is to keep taxes low while providing quality services for Springfield's citizens. Local candidates from both major parties compete in elections to represent the citizens of Springfield, with candidates representing diverse views and perspectives on issues important to the community. Additionally, many organizations like the Chamber of Commerce or Rotary Club host events throughout the year for locals to meet their political officials and learn more about what they stand for. Through these efforts, Springfield remains an engaged and well-informed community when it comes to politics and local government action.
The political climate in Zip 56087 (Springfield, MN) is strongly conservative.
Brown County, MN is very conservative. In Brown County, MN 32.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 65.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Brown county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 65.3% to 32.5%.
Brown county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 56087 (Springfield, MN) is strongly conservative.
Springfield, Minnesota is strongly conservative.
Brown County, Minnesota is very conservative.
New Ulm Metro Area is very 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.
Springfield, 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 56087 (Springfield)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 19 contributions totaling $349 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $18 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 14 contributions totaling $3,985 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $285 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)