Wildwood, MN is a small town located in the heart of Minnesota. The town is governed by a mayor and four city council members who are elected by the citizens of Wildwood every four years. Each election cycle brings with it an exciting opportunity for new faces in local government as residents of Wildwood come together to make their voices heard. In addition to city elections, Wildwood residents can also participate in state and federal elections to ensure that their voices are being heard on the broadest level. Through these elections, Wildwood is able to ensure that its citizens have representatives who will speak on behalf of their interests and best represent them at all levels of government.
The political climate in Wildwood, MN is moderately 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
Wildwood, MN is moderately 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.
Wildwood, 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 Wildwood, 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 147 contributions totaling $13,828 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $94 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)