Grand Rapids, MN is an active city when it comes to politics. At the local level, Grand Rapids is currently led by a five-member City Council made up of elected officials from the community. The city council is responsible for making laws and regulations that govern the citizens of Grand Rapids. Additionally, the mayor of Grand Rapids is elected every two years and serves as the leader of this vibrant town. As a result, residents are encouraged to stay involved in local politics and have their voices heard. Local political candidates often run on platforms focusing on issues most important to their constituents such as economic development, education reform, infrastructure improvement, and public safety. It's important for citizens to be informed about their local leaders and make sure they vote in each election cycle so that their voices are heard.
The political climate in Grand Rapids, 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
Grand Rapids, 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.
Grand Rapids, 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 Grand Rapids, MN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 907 contributions totaling $30,512 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $34 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 129 contributions totaling $13,183 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $102 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)