Antrim, Minnesota is a small town located in the northern part of the state. Politically, it is part of Anoka County and is represented by a few members of the Minnesota House of Representatives from Districts 35A and 35B. The current representatives from these districts are Jerry Newton (DFL) and Mike Freiberg (DFL). At the county level, Antrim is represented by Commissioner Matt Look who was recently re-elected for a fourth term. The city also has several local elections that take place every two years. These elections include those for mayor, two council members, and other positions such as park commissioner or auditor. Most recently in 2019, Mayor Shirley Ketter won her third term as mayor with 65% of the vote while Council Members Craig Johnson and Kris Smith were both re-elected to a second term. With these elected officials in place, Antrim's government continues to work hard to provide its citizens with the best services possible.
The political climate in Antrim, MN is moderately conservative.
Watonwan County, MN is moderately conservative. In Watonwan County, MN 38.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 59.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Watonwan county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 59.7% to 38.2%.
Watonwan county voted Republican in five of the last six Presidential elections (2008 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Antrim, MN is moderately conservative.
Watonwan 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.
Antrim, Minnesota: r 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 Antrim, MN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1 contributions totaling $0 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 26 contributions totaling $5,515 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $212 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)