The city of Itasca, MN is a small town located in the northern part of the state. It is governed by a mayor-council form of government, and all elected officials serve four-year terms. The current mayor is Brad Aho and the members of City Council are David Pelletier, Maureen Marshall, James Brayton, Mary Kay McBride and Terri Tomczak. Together they make decisions that affect the town's day-to-day operations, such as budgeting and spending. They also work together with local law enforcement to ensure safety for residents and visitors. Additionally, the City Council oversees projects related to parks and recreation, infrastructure maintenance, economic development and more. The City Council works hard to ensure that Itasca remains a great place to live and visit.
The political climate in Itasca, MN is very conservative.
Clearwater County, MN is very conservative. In Clearwater County, MN 26.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 71.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Clearwater county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 71.6% to 26.8%.
Clearwater county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Itasca, MN is very conservative.
Clearwater 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.
Itasca, 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 Itasca, MN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 216 contributions totaling $12,724 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $59 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 292 contributions totaling $40,317 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $138 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)