Spicer, Minnesota is a small city located in Kandiyohi County. With a population of just over 1,200 people, it is a tight-knit community with friendly residents and a great local atmosphere. Politically speaking, the city is heavily involved in the local elections that occur every few years. Residents of Spicer take their right to vote very seriously and show up in large numbers to cast their ballots for the candidates they feel will best represent their interests and values. As such, many local politicians have come out of Spicer due to its strong voting record and commitment to civic engagement. The current mayor of Spicer is Jason Schmidt, who has been in office since 2008. He is backed by several members of the Kandiyohi County Board of Commissioners, including Commissioner Doug Anderson. All candidates running for office are thoroughly vetted through the political process before taking on any public roles and responsibilities. This ensures that only those who can serve the community faithfully are elected into office.
The political climate in Zip 56288 (Spicer, 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 56288 (Spicer, MN) is strongly conservative.
Spicer, 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.
Spicer, 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 56288 (Spicer)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 60 contributions totaling $4,096 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $68 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 89 contributions totaling $30,846 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $347 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)