Brainerd, MN (56401) is located in Crow Wing County in northern Minnesota. The city has a mayor-council form of government, with the mayor and council members elected to four year terms. Currently the Mayor of Brainerd is James Wallin and the City Council Members are Greg Heikkila, Kelly Bevans, Dale Parks, Gabe Johnson, Debbie Larson and Dave Pritschet. All of these representatives are dedicated to serving the interests of their constituents and striving to make Brainerd a better place for everyone. They have worked together on projects like creating an affordable housing plan, developing a green infrastructure plan, and laying out plans for responsible economic development. They also focus on providing basic services like trash collection and snow removal efficiently for all citizens. As a vibrant community with a diverse population, Brainerd looks forward to progress that will benefit everyone in the area.
The political climate in Zip 56401 (Brainerd, MN) is strongly conservative.
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
Zip 56401 (Brainerd, MN) is strongly conservative.
Brainerd, Minnesota is strongly conservative.
Crow Wing County, Minnesota 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.
Brainerd, 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 zip 56401 (Brainerd)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 655 contributions totaling $75,289 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $115 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 300 contributions totaling $200,492 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $668 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)