Fort Ripley, MN is a small rural village in the state of Minnesota. Even though it has a population of less than 1,000 people, it still has an active political landscape. Residents can take part in local politics by attending town hall meetings or participating in local elections. The village council consists of elected officials who are responsible for setting policies and budgets for the town. Additionally, Fort Ripley holds frequent public hearings where citizens can express their concerns to their elected representatives. In addition to these public forums, citizens are able to contact their local political candidates directly to discuss important issues facing the community and seek solutions that will benefit all members of the community. By engaging with their local representatives and becoming involved in the political process, citizens can ensure that Fort Ripley remains a vibrant and prosperous place to live.
The political climate in Fort Ripley, MN is strongly conservative.
Crow Wing County, MN is strongly conservative. In Crow Wing County, MN 34.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 63.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Crow Wing county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 63.9% to 34.2%.
Crow Wing county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Fort Ripley, MN is strongly conservative.
Crow Wing County, Minnesota is strongly conservative.
Brainerd Metro Area is strongly 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.
Fort Ripley, 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 Fort Ripley, MN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 253 contributions totaling $8,562 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $34 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 12 contributions totaling $3,145 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $262 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)