Gary, MN is a small community of 56545 people located in the Midwest. It is governed by local representatives who are elected to serve the interests of the people in the area. The current mayor of Gary, MN is Dave Blue who was elected for a three-year term following the 2019 mayoral election. There are several members of the city council that make up the governing body in Gary, MN, each representing their own district and its constituents. These representatives work together to ensure that citizens have access to necessary services and resources. Additionally, they strive to pass legislation that will best benefit everyone living in Gary, MN. The political climate within Gary, MN is one of collaboration and consideration as all sides come together to find a solution that works for everyone involved.
The political climate in Zip 56545 (Gary, MN) is moderately conservative.
Norman County, MN is somewhat conservative. In Norman County, MN 40.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 56.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Norman county remained very strongly Republican, 56.8% to 40.8%.
Norman county voted Republican again in 2020, after voting Democratic in 2012, 2008, and 2004.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 56545 (Gary, MN) is moderately conservative.
Gary, Minnesota is moderately conservative.
Norman County, Minnesota is somewhat 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.
Gary, Minnesota: r 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 56545 (Gary)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 7 contributions totaling $3,100 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $443 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 2 contributions totaling $500 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $250 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)