Mission Creek, MN is a small town located in the Midwest. It has been around for more than 200 years and has always had a strong sense of community spirit. The town has a council-manager form of government which means that it is led by an elected mayor and several council members who make decisions on behalf of the citizens. There are frequent local elections to fill vacated seats on the council and mayor. Local issues that are important to Mission Creek's residents include economic development, public safety, education, and infrastructure maintenance. In addition to these larger town-wide issues, local political candidates also focus on smaller issues such as community beautification projects or helping local businesses succeed. Overall, politics in Mission Creek reflects the needs and wants of its citizens, providing them with the opportunity to have their voices heard.
The political climate in Mission Creek, MN is strongly conservative.
Pine County, MN is strongly conservative. In Pine County, MN 33.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 64.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Pine county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 64.1% to 33.9%.
Pine county voted Republican in three most recent Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in the previous three.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Mission Creek, MN is strongly conservative.
Pine County, Minnesota 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.
Mission Creek, Minnesota: d d d 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 Mission Creek, MN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 196 contributions totaling $4,560 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $23 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 83 contributions totaling $10,745 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $129 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)