Merrifield, MN is a small city with a population of approximately 1,000 people. It is an important part of the larger Merrifield County and plays an important role in local politics. The City Council is composed of five elected members who serve four year terms and are responsible for enacting ordinances and regulations for the city. Additionally, the Mayor serves as the official representative of Merrifield and presides over all City Council meetings. Merrifield also has a range of other local political bodies such as school boards, county commissions, and various committees that are all dedicated to improving the quality of life in Merrifield. Despite being relatively small in size, citizens of Merrifield take their civic duties seriously and actively participate in local politics by voting in elections and voicing their opinions on issues that affect their community.
The political climate in Merrifield, 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
Merrifield, 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.
Merrifield, 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 Merrifield, MN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 271 contributions totaling $12,133 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $45 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 140 contributions totaling $70,691 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $505 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)