Pine City, MN is a small town located in the Midwest United States. It is a community of approximately 4,000 people and is served by a mayor-council form of government. The mayor and city council members are elected to serve two year terms by the citizens of Pine City. They are responsible for setting policy and managing the operations of the city government, including providing public services such as police protection, street maintenance and trash collection. The city also provides recreational activities like parks, libraries and other attractions for residents to enjoy. The local political atmosphere is one of collaboration rather than contention; the mayor and city council work together in a cooperative manner to ensure that the citizens are receiving essential services while still maintaining fiscal responsibility.
The political climate in Pine City, MN is moderately 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
Pine City, MN is moderately 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.
Pine City, 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 Pine City, MN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 169 contributions totaling $3,830 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $23 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 39 contributions totaling $3,659 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $94 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)