Politics in 56431 Aitkin, MN are largely focused on local and state issues. The county is represented in the Minnesota House of Representatives by District 10B’s Representative Dale Lueck and in the Minnesota Senate by District 10’s Senator Carrie Ruud. At the county level, Aitkin County is governed by a County Board of Commissioners that includes a Chairperson, Vice-Chairperson and four additional members all elected at-large from within the county. The County also participates in the Greater Minnesota Regional Parks & Trails Commission. The commission works with local citizens to develop and maintain parklands as well as providing recreational opportunities for residents of Aitkin County. Additionally, the City of Aitkin has its own City Council responsible for overseeing municipal operations within city limits.
The political climate in Zip 56431 (Aitkin, MN) is strongly conservative.
Aitkin County, MN is strongly conservative. In Aitkin County, MN 36.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 62.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Aitkin county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 62.4% to 36.0%.
Aitkin county voted Republican in 2020, 2016, 2012 and 2004, and Democratic in 2008 and 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 56431 (Aitkin, MN) is strongly conservative.
Aitkin, Minnesota is strongly conservative.
Aitkin County, Minnesota is strongly conservative.
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Minnesota is leaning liberal.
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VoteWord™
Displaying 20 years of Presidential voting, visualized in one word.
Aitkin, Minnesota: d r d 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 zip 56431 (Aitkin)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 262 contributions totaling $8,666 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $33 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 112 contributions totaling $9,915 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $89 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)