Ball Club, MN is a small rural town located in northern Minnesota. Its politics are largely defined by the local citizens and their values. The town has a Mayor and Town Council that help guide the decision-making process for Ball Club. As a relatively small community, Ball Club residents take pride in their local government, its ability to make decisions that benefit all of its citizens. The issues discussed at Town Council meetings range from infrastructure projects to zoning changes, and they rely heavily on public opinion when making difficult decisions. Additionally, the elections for Mayor and Town Council are always well contested with multiple candidates vying for each seat. Residents of Ball Club come out in droves to partake in the political process as many believe their votes have an impact on the direction of their beloved town.
The political climate in Ball Club, MN is moderately conservative.
Itasca County, MN is moderately conservative. In Itasca County, MN 40.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 57.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Itasca county remained very strongly Republican, 57.4% to 40.6%.
Itasca county voted Republican in the two most recent Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in the previous four.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Ball Club, MN is moderately conservative.
Itasca County, Minnesota 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.
Ball Club, Minnesota: d D D d 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 if the Democratic Party candidate won and I if the Independent Party candidate won. 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 Ball Club, MN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 28 contributions totaling $2,124 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $76 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 32 contributions totaling $2,705 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $85 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)