Shafer, MN is a small rural town located in the heart of Minnesota. It is a place where the people take pride in their community and are dedicated to its preservation. Despite its size, Shafer has seen some political engagement in recent years. The local government consists of a mayor and four city council members who are elected to two-year terms. Each election cycle, candidates from both major parties put forth their best efforts in order to win their respective races. Candidates have focused on issues such as economic growth, public safety, and environmental sustainability during their campaigns. Local residents can often be found attending debates and rallies for these candidates to learn more about their platforms before casting their ballots. In this way, Shafer's political landscape remains vibrant and engaged with the current needs of its citizens.
The political climate in Shafer, MN is strongly conservative.
Chisago County, MN is strongly conservative. In Chisago County, MN 34.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 63.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Chisago county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 63.4% to 34.2%.
Chisago county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Shafer, MN is strongly conservative.
Chisago County, Minnesota is strongly conservative.
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington Metro Area is moderately liberal.
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.
Shafer, 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 Shafer, MN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 12 contributions totaling $3,150 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $263 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 61 contributions totaling $8,185 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $134 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)