Woodstock, MN is a small town with a population of just over 2,000 people. The City Council of Woodstock consists of five members who are elected to staggered four year terms. Each year, one council member is up for re-election - making the city's politics an interesting mix of old and new ideas. Current City Council members include Mayor Paul Busse, Deputy Mayor Carl Ness, and Council Members Carol Kaylor, Robert Dobbs, and Emily Bittner. The City Council governs the day-to-day affairs of the city such as public safety issues, infrastructure improvements, and other quality-of-life initiatives. They pride themselves on working together to ensure that all residents have access to quality services while maintaining the small town atmosphere that Woodstock is known for.
The political climate in Zip 56186 (Woodstock, MN) is very conservative.
Pipestone County, MN is very conservative. In Pipestone County, MN 26.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 71.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Pipestone county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 71.9% to 26.4%.
Pipestone county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 56186 (Woodstock, MN) is very conservative.
Woodstock, Minnesota is very conservative.
Pipestone 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.
Woodstock, 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 56186 (Woodstock)
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 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)