Clontarf, MN is a small town located in the picturesque countryside of Minnesota. With a population of just over 590 people, the politics of Clontarf are very local and accessible to all. The mayor of Clontarf is Mayor Richard \"Dick\" Koehler, who was elected in 2019 and is currently serving his second term. His main focus is on working with local officials and organizations to ensure that the town is taken care of and that its citizens have access to services like healthcare and education. As for other local political candidates, there are many running in the upcoming election this year. These include candidates for County Commissioner, City Council, School Board, County Attorney, Sheriff, and more. All these candidates are committed to making their community a better place by addressing issues such as infrastructure improvement projects, ensuring access to quality healthcare services for all citizens, improving public safety through crime prevention initiatives, and providing educational resources for students.
The political climate in Zip 56226 (Clontarf, 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 56226 (Clontarf, MN) is strongly conservative.
Clontarf, 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.
Clontarf, 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 56226 (Clontarf)
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)