The small town of Waubun, Minnesota (population 56589) is governed by a council-manager system of local government. The town council consists of six members who are elected for two-year terms at odd-numbered years and the mayor is elected for a two year term. The current Mayor of Waubun is David Burslie and the current Town Council consists of members Rodney Nish, Elinor Olsen, Joan Smeal, Rebecca Eslick, Brenda Schaefer, and Justin Klawitter. As a whole, the town council works to make decisions that benefit the residents as well as promote growth and prosperity in Waubun. They also work with local organizations to ensure that Waubun remains a safe and vibrant community for its citizens.
The political climate in Zip 56589 (Waubun, MN) is strongly conservative.
Becker County, MN is strongly conservative. In Becker County, MN 34.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 64.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Becker county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 64.1% to 34.0%.
Becker county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 56589 (Waubun, MN) is strongly conservative.
Waubun, Minnesota is strongly conservative.
Becker County, Minnesota is strongly 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.
Waubun, 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 56589 (Waubun)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 25 contributions totaling $2,643 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $106 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)