Cass County is located in Minnesota and encompasses many small towns and cities. The county is overseen by a Board of Commissioners and managed by an elected County Administrator. The politics in Cass County are mainly focused on issues such as public safety, economic development, infrastructure, housing, environmental protection, and education. Each year the local political candidates run for office to represent their constituents and make sure that their voices are heard by the community leaders. All candidates must be approved by the voter base in order to take office. Recent initiatives have been focused on providing more affordable housing options, improving public transportation systems throughout the county, and creating better job opportunities for residents.
The political climate in Cass County, MN is strongly conservative.
In Cass County, MN 34.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 63.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Cass county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 63.5% to 34.7%.
Cass county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Cass County, MN is strongly conservative.
Brainerd Metro Area is strongly 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.
Cass, 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 Cass County, MN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 446 contributions totaling $83,205 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $187 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 294 contributions totaling $72,864 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $248 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)