Vernon Center, MN is a small town located in the south central part of the state. While it doesn't have a large population, it has some political representation in the state legislature and local government. The Minnesota House of Representatives currently has three representatives who all serve District 14A which includes Vernon Center. These representatives are Rod Hamilton (R), Clark Johnson (DFL), and Josh Heintzeman (R). In addition, the town is also represented by Senator Gary Dahms (R) in District 21. At the local level, Vernon Center is governed by an elected mayor and city council who oversee a range of services for residents including public safety and infrastructure maintenance.
The political climate in Zip 56090 (Vernon Center, MN) is leaning conservative.
Blue Earth County, MN is leaning liberal. In Blue Earth County, MN 50.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 46.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Blue Earth county flipped Democratic, 50.8% to 46.4%.
Blue Earth county flipped back Democratic in 2020, after voting Republican in 2000 and 2016.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 56090 (Vernon Center, MN) is leaning conservative.
Vernon Center, Minnesota is leaning conservative.
Blue Earth County, Minnesota is leaning liberal.
Mankato Metro Area is leaning liberal.
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.
Vernon Center, Minnesota: r d D d r d
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 56090 (Vernon Center)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 9 contributions totaling $750 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $83 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 11 contributions totaling $6,035 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $549 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)