56556 McIntosh, MN is a small town located in the heart of Minnesota. Despite its size, the town has a vibrant and active political culture. Voters in 56556 McIntosh have consistently been engaged in local politics since its founding over 100 years ago. The citizens of 56556 McIntosh are dedicated to promoting their values and maintaining an active dialogue with their elected officials. In recent years, many local candidates have emerged to represent the residents of 56556 McIntosh in various offices, such as mayor, city council, and school board members. These candidates all strive to represent the people of 56556 McIntosh by bringing forward policies that will make the town better for everyone.
The political climate in Zip 56556 (McIntosh, MN) is strongly conservative.
Polk County, MN is strongly conservative. In Polk County, MN 34.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 63.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Polk county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 63.3% to 34.9%.
Polk county voted Republican in five of the last six Presidential elections (2008 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 56556 (McIntosh, MN) is strongly conservative.
McIntosh, Minnesota is strongly conservative.
Polk County, Minnesota is strongly conservative.
Grand Forks Metro Area is moderately 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.
McIntosh, Minnesota: R R d r 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 56556 (McIntosh)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 31 contributions totaling $1,885 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $61 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 11 contributions totaling $2,418 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $220 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)