Wagner, Minnesota is a small town located within the greater St. Cloud area. As part of the state of Minnesota, politics in Wagner are not drastically different from those across the country as a whole. On the federal level, residents of Wagner vote for representatives to the United States Congress. On the state level, they elect state senators and representatives who make up Minnesota's legislature and ultimately shape the laws that affect their everyday lives. On a local level, political candidates running for office often come from within or near the city limits of Wagner. Residents can participate in elections by voting for their desired candidates or by volunteering to help with campaigns or engage in other forms of civic engagement activities. Overall, politics in Wagner are an important part of life as citizens strive to have their voices heard and ensure that their individual rights are respected on all levels of government.
The political climate in Wagner, MN is strongly conservative.
Aitkin County, MN is strongly conservative. In Aitkin County, MN 36.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 62.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Aitkin county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 62.4% to 36.0%.
Aitkin county voted Republican in 2020, 2016, 2012 and 2004, and Democratic in 2008 and 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Wagner, MN is strongly conservative.
Aitkin 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.
Wagner, Minnesota: d r 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 Wagner, MN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 15 contributions totaling $427 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $28 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 9 contributions totaling $2,251 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $250 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)