The small city of 56588 Vining, MN is governed by a mayor-council form of government. The current mayor is Luigi Barbero, who was just re-elected to his second consecutive term in office. There are five members on the city council, all of whom are elected by the local citizens every four years. The council works together with the mayor to ensure that the needs and interests of the citizens are met. Together they create laws, develop policies, and approve budgets that will best serve the community. They also oversee various municipal departments such as police and fire protection, public works, recreation, and library services. Local elections for all positions take place every four years and help ensure that the residents of 56588 Vining have an active role in their city's politics.
The political climate in Zip 56588 (Vining, MN) is very conservative.
Otter Tail County, MN is very conservative. In Otter Tail County, MN 32.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 65.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Otter Tail county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 65.4% to 32.9%.
Otter Tail county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 56588 (Vining, MN) is very conservative.
Vining, Minnesota is very conservative.
Otter Tail County, Minnesota is very conservative.
Fergus Falls 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.
Vining, 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 56588 (Vining)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 6 contributions totaling $375 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $63 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 5 contributions totaling $451 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $90 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)