Kanabec, MN is a small rural community located in the north of Minnesota. The town has a population of about 3,000 people and is governed by a local government consisting of a mayor and five council members. The town's current mayor is John Smith who was first elected in 2018, and the five council members have all been serving various terms since then. The population of Kanabec is mostly comprised of white Americans with some Hispanic and other minority groups making up a smaller percentage of the total population. Politically, Kanabec leans towards the Republican party as evidenced by their voting patterns in past elections. Although it's not known what specific issues are important to the people of Kanabec, it is clear that they take their politics seriously and strive for a fairer society where everyone can be heard regardless of race or party affiliation.
The political climate in Kanabec, MN is strongly conservative.
Kanabec County, MN is very conservative. In Kanabec County, MN 30.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 67.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Kanabec county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 67.9% to 30.0%.
Kanabec county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Kanabec, MN is strongly conservative.
Kanabec County, Minnesota is very 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.
Kanabec, 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 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 Kanabec, MN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 141 contributions totaling $13,393 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $95 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 61 contributions totaling $5,517 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $90 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)