The small town of Maynard, Minnesota is located in Todd County and has a population of 56260. It is an area that maintains a strong sense of community and values its local politics. Political discourse in the area revolves around issues like education, economic development, public health, land use, and infrastructure. Local elections often draw attention to these issues, as candidates bring their visions and plans to voters. The city council serves as the legislative arm of Maynard's government which sets policy for the city and makes decisions about its financial and resources needs. Issues such as budgetary concerns, zoning, public works projects, and tax rates are all discussed in great detail by the council members. In addition to this local governing body, there are also elected representatives to both state-level offices like Governor or Attorney General as well as national-level positions like US Senator or Congressman that serve Maynard residents. Maynard is a place where people come together to participate in local politics with passion and enthusiasm in order to move their community forward toward a better future for all its citizens.
The political climate in Zip 56260 (Maynard, MN) is strongly conservative.
Chippewa County, MN is strongly conservative. In Chippewa County, MN 33.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 64.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Chippewa county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 64.3% to 33.7%.
Chippewa county voted Republican again in 2020, after voting Democratic in 2012, 2008, and 2004.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 56260 (Maynard, MN) is strongly conservative.
Maynard, Minnesota is strongly conservative.
Chippewa 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.
Maynard, 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 56260 (Maynard)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 3 contributions totaling $200 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $67 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)