The city of Medford, Minnesota is a small town situated in Steele County with a population of 55049. The politics in Medford are governed by the Mayor and a City Council, which consist of seven members representing each ward in the city. Local elections take place every two years to elect the Mayor and members of the City Council. Residents of Medford can stay informed about their local politics and keep up-to-date on any upcoming elections by visiting the Medford city website or attending council meetings held at City Hall. Residents have an opportunity to voice their concerns and opinions on local issues during these meetings. Additionally, citizens may request to put items on the agenda for discussion or vote at any City Council meeting. By staying involved in local politics, citizens can make sure their voices are heard and help shape their community's future.
The political climate in Zip 55049 (Medford, MN) is strongly conservative.
Steele County, MN is moderately conservative. In Steele County, MN 37.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 59.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Steele county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 59.9% to 37.5%.
Steele county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 55049 (Medford, MN) is strongly conservative.
Medford, Minnesota is strongly conservative.
Steele County, Minnesota is moderately conservative.
Owatonna 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.
Medford, Minnesota: r R r 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 55049 (Medford)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 3 contributions totaling $160 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $53 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 25 contributions totaling $2,130 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $85 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)