Albert Lea, MN, is a city located in Freeborn County with a zip code of 56007. The city offers its citizens a variety of political opportunities and issues at both the local and state level. At the local level, Albert Lea residents elect representatives to serve on the city council, mayor, and school board. Citizens are encouraged to stay informed about current local issues to participate in their democracy. Additionally, Albert Lea also participates in statewide politics by electing representatives to fulfill roles at the Minnesota State Legislature such as Senators and Representatives. It is important for citizens of Albert Lea to use their voices by voting during elections in order to have an impact on both local and state politics.
The political climate in Zip 56007 (Albert Lea, MN) is somewhat conservative.
Freeborn County, MN is somewhat conservative. In Freeborn County, MN 41.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 57.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Freeborn county remained very strongly Republican, 57.0% to 41.0%.
Freeborn county voted Republican in the two most recent Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in the previous four.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 56007 (Albert Lea, MN) is somewhat conservative.
Albert Lea, Minnesota is somewhat conservative.
Freeborn County, Minnesota is somewhat conservative.
Albert Lea Metro Area is somewhat 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.
Albert Lea, Minnesota: D D D D 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 56007 (Albert Lea)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 502 contributions totaling $38,594 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $77 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 127 contributions totaling $23,066 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $182 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)