Wawina, MN is a small town in the northern part of the state with a population of just under 5,000 people. As a small community, local politics often takes center stage. There are several candidates vying for the town's top political positions including mayor and city council members. The local races have been highly contested with familiar faces from within the community competing against each other to get their names on the ballots. With two major political parties represented in this election cycle, it looks like voters will have some difficult decisions to make at the ballot box this year. It promises to be an interesting race as we see who will be chosen to represent Wawina in local government.
The political climate in Wawina, MN is moderately 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
Wawina, MN is moderately 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.
Wawina, 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 Wawina, MN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 28 contributions totaling $1,325 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $47 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 5 contributions totaling $350 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $70 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)