Deer River, Minnesota is a small town located in northern Minnesota. The town has a population of about 1,600 people and is the gateway to the Chippewa National Forest. It is an area that has a strong sense of community and many local businesses that provide essential services for its residents. The politics in Deer River are also important to the community as they help shape and inform decisions about how the town operates. The city council is responsible for making decisions on local issues such as taxes, zoning regulations, infrastructure projects, and public safety initiatives. Local political candidates are elected by the citizens of Deer River to represent them in these various decision-making bodies. Candidates must be knowledgeable about local issues and understand how their decisions will affect the entire community. Through their efforts, local politicians strive to ensure that everyone in Deer River can live safely and happily in their homes and workplaces.
The political climate in Deer River, MN is somewhat 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
Deer River, MN is somewhat 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.
Deer River, 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 Deer River, 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)