Newfolden, Minnesota is a small town in Marshall County with a population of just under 500 people. The city is run by the mayor and four city council members who serve two-year terms. Local elections are held every two years and candidates for office must reside within the city limits in order to be eligible to run. Last year, Mayor Mary Johnson was re-elected along with three other city council members, ensuring that Newfolden has strong leadership which puts the needs of its residents first. Newfolden takes pride in its small-town atmosphere and community spirit, where everyone knows each other and works together to make life better for all.
The political climate in Zip 56738 (Newfolden, MN) is very conservative.
Marshall County, MN is very conservative. In Marshall County, MN 25.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 72.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Marshall county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 72.8% to 25.3%.
Marshall county voted Republican in five of the last six Presidential elections (2008 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 56738 (Newfolden, MN) is very conservative.
Newfolden, Minnesota is very conservative.
Marshall County, Minnesota is very 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.
Newfolden, 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 56738 (Newfolden)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 76 contributions totaling $1,003 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $13 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 51 contributions totaling $4,841 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $95 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)