Pine, MN County is located in the midwestern United States and is home to a diverse population of people with different political views. The county is represented in the state legislature by a variety of politicians from both the Democratic and Republican parties. These politicians represent the interests of their constituents while advocating for policies that are beneficial to all citizens. Local elections are held every two years for county commissioners, school board members and other important elected officials. These elections provide an opportunity for local residents to have a say in who represents them and how their public money is spent. The county has also recently taken part in national elections, allowing Pine County residents to cast their vote on issues that affect not only their community but also the entire country.
The political climate in 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 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.
Pine, 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 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 Pine County, MN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 675 contributions totaling $21,134 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $31 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 215 contributions totaling $37,921 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $176 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)