Brunswick, MN is a small town located in the Twin Cities metro area of Minnesota. While it is a small community, it has an active political atmosphere with local and state representatives working to serve their constituents. The city is represented at the state level by members of both major parties. In recent years, the city has seen an increasing interest in local politics as residents strive to ensure that their voices are heard. Candidates from both major parties have participated in local elections for mayor and City Council positions, which shows a commitment to ensuring that all voices are heard within the community. Political engagement is encouraged throughout the community with events such as debates between candidates and town-hall meetings giving citizens the opportunity to learn more about their representatives and ask questions about important issues facing Brunswick and its citizens.
The political climate in Brunswick, MN is very conservative.
Kanabec County, MN is very conservative. In Kanabec County, MN 30.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 67.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Kanabec county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 67.9% to 30.0%.
Kanabec county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Brunswick, MN is very conservative.
Kanabec County, Minnesota is very 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.
Brunswick, Minnesota: r R r 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 Brunswick, MN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 159 contributions totaling $13,768 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $87 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 70 contributions totaling $6,723 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $96 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)