Georgetown is a small town located in 56546 Georgetown, MN. Its population is relatively small at only around 1,200 people. Despite its size, the town of Georgetown is home to an active political community that strives to ensure the best for their community. Community members are encouraged to engage in local politics and even run for political office. Local candidates are often involved with issues such as improving public safety, ensuring financial stability for families, and developing community programs like parks and recreation centers. In addition to voting for local candidates in municipal elections, residents can also engage politically by attending local meetings or contacting their representatives to voice their opinions on important issues affecting the town. All in all, Georgetown is an example of how any size of town can have a vibrant political life if the citizens come together and take action.
The political climate in Zip 56546 (Georgetown, MN) is somewhat conservative.
Clay County, MN is leaning liberal. In Clay County, MN 50.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 46.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Clay county flipped Democratic, 50.7% to 46.7%.
Clay county flipped Democratic in the most recent Presidential election (2000, 2004 and 2016 went Republican).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 56546 (Georgetown, MN) is somewhat conservative.
Georgetown, Minnesota is somewhat conservative.
Clay County, Minnesota is leaning liberal.
Fargo Metro Area is leaning 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.
Georgetown, Minnesota: r r D d r d
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 56546 (Georgetown)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 11 contributions totaling $419 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $38 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 4 contributions totaling $54 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $14 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)