Nashwauk, MN is a small town located in Itasca County. Politically, Nashwauk has a city council comprised of five members who provide local representation for the citizens of the town. The current mayor of Nashwauk is Steve Meiers and the council members are Dee King, Cal Glynn, Janice Paaverud, and Josh Snyder. In addition to the city council, Nashwauk also holds elections every two years for mayor and four council members. These elections are open to all residents of Nashwauk who are registered to vote as well as any other interested candidates. Issues that have been addressed by the city council in recent years include improvements to infrastructure, promotion of economic development initiatives, and providing services such as snow removal and alley maintenance.
The political climate in Nashwauk, MN is somewhat 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
Nashwauk, MN is somewhat 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.
Nashwauk, 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 Nashwauk, MN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 380 contributions totaling $17,070 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $45 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 163 contributions totaling $28,395 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $174 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)