Caledonia, MN 55921 is a small town located in Houston County. Although it is a rural city with a population of 2,146 people as of 2019, the local politics are still an important part of the community. The city's mayor is Dan Meehan and members of its city council include Gary Miller, Duane Christensen, Jack Linderholm, and Steve Hermann. The city has a number of initiatives to improve the quality of life for all its residents and actively supports public safety and economic development. Local elections are held every two years to elect a mayor and four council members who are committed to improving Caledonia鈥檚 quality of life. The town also has several other local government offices like the parks & recreation department, public works department, county administrator鈥檚 office, and fire department that work together to provide services for the citizens of Caledonia.
The political climate in Zip 55921 (Caledonia, MN) is somewhat conservative.
Houston County, MN is somewhat conservative. In Houston County, MN 42.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 55.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Houston county remained strongly Republican, 55.4% to 42.4%.
Houston county voted Republican in four of the six previous Presidential elections (2008 and 2012 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 55921 (Caledonia, MN) is somewhat conservative.
Caledonia, Minnesota is somewhat conservative.
Houston County, Minnesota is somewhat conservative.
La Crosse-Onalaska Metro Area is somewhat liberal.
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.
Caledonia, Minnesota: r r 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 55921 (Caledonia)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 64 contributions totaling $5,523 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $86 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 36 contributions totaling $4,070 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $113 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)