Aitkin, MN County is located in the northeastern part of Minnesota and is home to approximately 16,000 residents. The county is governed by a three-member Board of Commissioners, who are elected by the people. Each board member serves a 4 year term. Elections are held in November of each odd-numbered year, when citizens can cast their votes for candidates from any of the county's six townships. The Board of Commissioners governs the county budget, sets tax levies, and determines land use regulations. Additionally, they oversee all municipal departments and set policies for both employees and residents. Aitkin County also has a number of local political figures who hold positions such as State Representative or Mayor; these individuals are elected by local voting districts and serve to represent their constituents' interests on a larger scale. The mix of small town politics and larger state matters makes Aitkin County an interesting place to follow current events.
The political climate in Aitkin County, MN is strongly conservative.
In Aitkin County, MN 36.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 62.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Aitkin county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 62.4% to 36.0%.
Aitkin county voted Republican in 2020, 2016, 2012 and 2004, and Democratic in 2008 and 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Aitkin County, MN is strongly conservative.
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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.
Aitkin, Minnesota: d r 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 for the Democrat and I for the Independent. 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 Aitkin County, MN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 355 contributions totaling $10,824 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $30 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 165 contributions totaling $14,883 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $90 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)