56293 Wabasso, MN is a small rural town in the Redwood County of Minnesota. Its politics are largely conservative, with many of its citizens sharing similar views on fiscal responsibility and protecting their traditional values. The main political topics discussed in the town are related to local issues such as education, health care, economic development, and public safety. In terms of elected officials, 56293 Wabasso, MN is part of Minnesota’s 1st Congressional District which is currently represented by U.S. Representative Jim Hagedorn who was elected in 2016 and re-elected in 2018. Additionally, 56293 Wabasso has two state representatives: Steve Drazkowski (R) who was re-elected for his fifth term in 2020, and former sheriff Bob Vogel (R) who was elected for his fourth term in 2020 as well. All three representatives come from a conservative background and are very popular amongst the local population.
The political climate in Zip 56293 (Wabasso, MN) is very conservative.
Redwood County, MN is very conservative. In Redwood County, MN 28.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 69.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Redwood county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 69.7% to 28.4%.
Redwood county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 56293 (Wabasso, MN) is very conservative.
Wabasso, Minnesota is very conservative.
Redwood County, Minnesota is very 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.
Wabasso, 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 56293 (Wabasso)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 18 contributions totaling $2,409 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $134 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)