Wadena County in Minnesota has a long history of political engagement. Over the years, the county has seen many changes and elected several candidates into office who have worked to address the needs of their constituents. In recent years, some of the major issues facing residents in Wadena County have included economic development, education, infrastructure investment, environmental protection and public safety. Local candidates have proposed various strategies to address these issues and improve the quality of life for everyone in the county. The current political landscape reflects a wide range of ideas from both parties as well as independents, all working together to provide solutions that will best serve their communities.
The political climate in Wadena County, MN is very conservative.
In Wadena County, MN 26.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 71.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Wadena county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 71.9% to 26.4%.
Wadena county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Wadena County, MN is very 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.
Wadena, 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 Wadena County, MN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 146 contributions totaling $8,579 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $59 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 160 contributions totaling $13,453 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $84 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)