Nisswa, Minnesota, is a small town located in Crow Wing County. Although it is a small community, it still has an active political climate. Local elections take place every two years with the mayor and city council members all up for re-election. The citizens of Nisswa are passionate about their politics and take part in various civic engagement activities such as attending local meetings and rallies to express their opinions on different issues. There are also numerous organizations that focus on advocating for specific causes. For example, the Nisswa Area League of Women Voters focuses on engaging citizens in political decision-making through voter registration drives, hosting educational events, and lobbying state legislators to pass legislation that benefits the people of Nisswa. In addition to local political activity, there are also state-wide initiatives taking place in Nisswa that have a direct impact on the area’s residents.
The political climate in Nisswa, MN is strongly conservative.
Crow Wing County, MN is strongly conservative. In Crow Wing County, MN 34.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 63.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Crow Wing county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 63.9% to 34.2%.
Crow Wing county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Nisswa, MN is strongly conservative.
Crow Wing County, Minnesota is strongly conservative.
Brainerd Metro Area 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.
Nisswa, 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 Nisswa, MN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 386 contributions totaling $19,908 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $52 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 322 contributions totaling $78,719 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $244 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)