The city of Thief River Falls in Minnesota's 56701 zip code is a small-town with a population of about 8,700 people. Despite its size, it has an active political sphere. The city is part of Minnesota's 7th district and is represented by Congressman Collin Peterson. It also takes part in local elections, such as for Mayor and City Council positions. Candidates must campaign door-to-door, raise funds, debate issues and attend forums to ensure their message reaches the voters. In addition to the legislative branch of government, Thief River Falls has several special districts that provide services such as fire protection, water management and road maintenance. The city also has a diverse community with multiple cultures which can be seen during annual festivals such as the Blueberry Festival and Threshing Bee.
The political climate in Zip 56701 (Thief River Falls, MN) is moderately conservative.
Pennington County, MN is strongly conservative. In Pennington County, MN 35.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 62.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Pennington county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 62.3% to 35.3%.
Pennington county voted Republican in five of the last six Presidential elections (2008 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 56701 (Thief River Falls, MN) is moderately conservative.
Thief River Falls, Minnesota is moderately conservative.
Pennington County, Minnesota is strongly conservative.
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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.
Thief River Falls, Minnesota: R r d 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 56701 (Thief River Falls)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 145 contributions totaling $6,519 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $45 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 208 contributions totaling $23,608 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $114 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)