Crow Wing County, Minnesota, has a long history of political involvement. The county has been home to many notable political figures who have served in local and state government. From its foundation in 1857, Crow Wing County has played an important role in the state's politics. Its citizens have elected numerous local representatives to serve in the Minnesota House of Representatives and Senate, as well as at the federal level for Congress and even the United States Senate. In addition, the county is composed of several municipalities that each have their own governments as well as elected officials. These local governments work together with state and federal representatives to ensure that citizens of Crow Wing County are provided with quality services and representation. This strong political presence in the county ensures that residents’ voices are heard and their needs are met by both local and state governments.
The political climate in Crow Wing County, MN is strongly conservative.
In Crow Wing County, MN 34.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 63.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Crow Wing county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 63.9% to 34.2%.
Crow Wing county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Crow Wing 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.
Crow Wing, 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 Crow Wing County, MN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,877 contributions totaling $168,185 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $90 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 943 contributions totaling $329,162 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $349 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)