Atkinson, MN is home to many people who are passionate about local politics. The citizens of the town take pride in exercising their right to vote and participate in government activities. In recent years, the town has seen a surge of interest in local political races, with many local residents eagerly awaiting election season every two years. Local candidates for office range from those running for city council, school board, and county commission elections. Residents also frequently attend city council meetings and other public forums where they can have their voices heard with regard to issues important to them. Overall, Atkinson's inhabitants have a strong sense of community pride and enthusiasm when it comes to playing an active role in politics.
The political climate in Atkinson, MN is somewhat conservative.
Carlton County, MN is leaning liberal. In Carlton County, MN 49.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 48.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Carlton county remained narrowly Democratic, 49.6% to 48.1%.
Carlton county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Atkinson, MN is somewhat conservative.
Carlton County, Minnesota is leaning liberal.
Duluth Metro Area is somewhat liberal.
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.
Atkinson, Minnesota: D D D D d d
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 Atkinson, MN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 83 contributions totaling $3,666 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $44 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 45 contributions totaling $9,427 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $209 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)