Itasca County, Minnesota is a vibrant and diverse community located in the northern part of the state. It is home to many diverse backgrounds, cultures, and beliefs. The county boasts a strong economy with many businesses and industries thriving in its borders. Politically, Itasca County leans more conservatively with Republican candidates often winning local elections. Every two years, citizens have the opportunity to vote for their representatives in Congress which are currently Senator Tina Smith (D) and Representative Pete Stauber (R). On the statewide level, Governor Tim Walz (D) holds office as well as Minnesota’s senators Amy Klobuchar (D) and Tina Smith (D). Additionally, local elections occur every two years for City Council members and city mayors depending on the city or town. In Itasca County, residents are passionate about politics and often take an active role in deciding who represents them by voting during local elections.
The political climate in Itasca County, MN is moderately conservative.
In Itasca County, MN 40.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 57.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Itasca county remained very strongly Republican, 57.4% to 40.6%.
Itasca county voted Republican in the two most recent Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in the previous four.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Itasca County, MN is moderately 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.
Itasca, Minnesota: d D D d 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 Itasca County, MN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,219 contributions totaling $44,793 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $37 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 259 contributions totaling $27,109 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $105 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)