Benson, Minnesota is a small town in the state of Minnesota with a population of around 3,000 people. The local politics here are largely determined by who is elected to the city council. Currently, there are five members on the council, and each member is elected for a two year term. These members determine policies such as zoning, budgeting, and economic development that keep Benson running smoothly each year. Benson's mayor also helps guide public policy and serves as an ex-officio member of the city council. Overall, Benson's local politics help ensure that it remains a great place to live for its citizens.
The political climate in Zip 56215 (Benson, MN) is strongly conservative.
Swift County, MN is strongly conservative. In Swift County, MN 34.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 63.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Swift county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 63.9% to 34.4%.
Swift county voted Republican in the two most recent Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in the previous four.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 56215 (Benson, MN) is strongly conservative.
Benson, Minnesota is strongly conservative.
Swift 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.
Benson, 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 56215 (Benson)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 31 contributions totaling $4,501 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $145 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 118 contributions totaling $9,641 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $82 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)