Watkins, MN is a small town in Meeker County with a population of around 2,000 people. The city has a mayor and four council members who work together to manage the day-to-day operations of the city. Local elections are held every two years to select new officials to serve in these positions. During election season, candidates for mayor and council positions usually argue about local issues such as taxes, infrastructure projects, and public safety initiatives. Residents of Watkins also have the option of voting in state elections every four years to elect representatives for Minnesota’s government positions at both the state and federal levels. Political debates can be seen throughout the community as candidates vie for support from local citizens during their campaigns.
The political climate in Zip 55389 (Watkins, MN) is very conservative.
Meeker County, MN is very conservative. In Meeker County, MN 28.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 69.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Meeker county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 69.2% to 28.6%.
Meeker county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 55389 (Watkins, MN) is very conservative.
Watkins, Minnesota is very conservative.
Meeker 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.
Watkins, 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 55389 (Watkins)
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 $1,551 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $86 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)