The city of Tracy, Minnesota located in Lyon County is a small community that operates with a mayor–council system of government. This city has a population of around 2,677 according to the 2019 census and covers an area of 8.74 sq. miles. The current City Council consists of five members who are elected at-large with staggered 4-year terms. Furthermore, the current Mayor is Leroy Hauser who was elected in 2018 and will be up for re-election in 2022. All members of the City Council are part of the Republican Party and have been since 2012 when they were first elected into office. Despite its small size, politics remain an integral part of life within this community and its residents are dedicated to staying involved in local government decisions regarding their lives.
The political climate in Zip 56175 (Tracy, MN) is moderately conservative.
Lyon County, MN is strongly conservative. In Lyon County, MN 35.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 61.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Lyon county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 61.9% to 35.9%.
Lyon county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 56175 (Tracy, MN) is moderately conservative.
Tracy, Minnesota is moderately conservative.
Lyon County, Minnesota is strongly conservative.
Marshall 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.
Tracy, 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 56175 (Tracy)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 163 contributions totaling $5,691 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $35 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 30 contributions totaling $2,435 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $81 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)