Raymond, Minnesota is a small town of roughly 500 people located in Kandiyohi County. It is governed by a local Town Board that consists of a mayor and four trustees who are elected to two-year terms. The local government ensures that the town remains safe and efficient and that all citizens are respected and fairly represented. Raymond's Town Board is dedicated to serving the community by keeping taxes low while providing quality services including fire protection, road maintenance, trash collection, parks, library services and more. When it comes to politics in 56282 Raymond, there is no major party affiliation as most of the candidates are running on an independent platform with their own unique ideas for improving the town. Issues like infrastructure improvements, economic development, public safety, education and environmental conservation are all discussed amongst the candidates during debates or other events held throughout the year.
The political climate in Zip 56282 (Raymond, MN) is strongly conservative.
Kandiyohi County, MN is strongly conservative. In Kandiyohi County, MN 36.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 61.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Kandiyohi county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 61.8% to 36.1%.
Kandiyohi county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 56282 (Raymond, MN) is strongly conservative.
Raymond, Minnesota is strongly conservative.
Kandiyohi County, Minnesota is strongly conservative.
Willmar Metro Area is strongly 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.
Raymond, 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 56282 (Raymond)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1 contributions totaling $250 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $250 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 18 contributions totaling $4,410 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $245 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)