The small town of 56686 Williams, MN is home to a tight-knit community with a strong local government. The citizens of the town take pride in their ability to come together and make decisions that benefit the entire community. Local politics in 56686 Williams, MN are focused on the issues that directly affect the daily lives of its residents. These topics range from taxes and budgeting to public safety and infrastructure investments. The town takes great care in selecting its political representatives, as they must be dedicated to understanding the needs of the people and advocating for their interests both within and outside of the town. With an engaged electorate and well thought out local policies, 56686 Williams, MN is able to ensure a prosperous future for its residents.
The political climate in Zip 56686 (Williams, MN) is very conservative.
Lake of the Woods County, MN is very conservative. In Lake of the Woods County, MN 27.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 70.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Lake of the Woods county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 70.8% to 27.9%.
Lake of the Woods county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 56686 (Williams, MN) is very conservative.
Williams, Minnesota is very conservative.
Lake of the Woods 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.
Williams, 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 56686 (Williams)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 30 contributions totaling $3,800 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $127 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)