Park, MN is a small, rural town with a population of 2,000 people. It is governed by a mayor and their team of city council members who are elected by the citizens of Park, MN. The city council works together to create policy and make decisions that benefit the entire community. The residents take an active role in local politics by voting in all elections and attending town hall meetings to provide input on important issues. There is an active political discourse among the citizens of Park, MN that is highly valued by the local government and ensures that everyone’s voice is heard when it comes to making decisions about how the city should be run.
The political climate in Park, MN is strongly conservative.
Pine County, MN is strongly conservative. In Pine County, MN 33.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 64.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Pine county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 64.1% to 33.9%.
Pine county voted Republican in three most recent Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in the previous three.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Park, MN is strongly conservative.
Pine County, Minnesota 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.
Park, Minnesota: d d d 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 Park, MN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 41 contributions totaling $7,045 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $172 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 17 contributions totaling $2,372 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $140 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)