The small town of Blackberry, Minnesota is an idyllic community located in the heart of the Midwest. With lush forests and rolling hills, it is a peaceful place where many choose to live and work. Despite its peacefulness, politics still play a role in the everyday life of Blackberry residents. Residents of Blackberry are involved in local elections that determine who will make decisions on matters such as local taxes, infrastructure development, and public safety initiatives. The people of Blackberry are passionate about their politics and take great pride in choosing their representatives for positions such as mayor, city council members, school board members, county commissioners, and more. Residents come out in droves to vote during election season and make sure that their voices are heard. As a result, local political candidates must work hard to earn votes from the people of Blackberry if they wish to achieve any kind of success on the political playing field.
The political climate in Blackberry, 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
Blackberry, 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.
Blackberry, 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 Blackberry, MN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 967 contributions totaling $32,615 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $34 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 140 contributions totaling $14,714 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $105 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)