Isanti County, located in the U.S. state of Minnesota, is an area with a rich political history and culture. The county is governed primarily by the Isanti County Board of Commissioners, who are responsible for setting policy and overseeing county operations. Additionally, the county has several elected officials including its Sheriff, Attorney, Auditor-Treasurer, Recorder, Assessor and other offices. Elections for these positions occur on a regular basis with candidates from both major parties competing for each office. Currently, the majority of the elected officials in Isanti County are Republicans but there is still a large number of Democrats that make up the electorate as well. As part of its commitment to good governance and transparency in government decisions, Isanti County actively encourages civic engagement through hosting debates between local candidates during election cycles as well as providing educational resources about voting and local politics on its website.
The political climate in Isanti County, MN is very conservative.
In Isanti County, MN 29.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 68.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Isanti county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 68.0% to 29.5%.
Isanti county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Isanti County, MN is very 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.
Isanti, 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 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 Isanti County, MN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 287 contributions totaling $12,806 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $45 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 162 contributions totaling $27,503 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $170 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)