Fort Ripley, MN is a small and rural community located in Crow Wing County. The town is governed by the local board of supervisors that works to ensure the well-being of residents. The board meets on a regular basis to discuss issues ranging from public safety to economic development. There are multiple representatives from different parts of the town on this board who are elected by the people. The town also prides itself in being an active participant in civic affairs and supporting political candidates that represent their values and ideals. Elections for supervisor positions are held every two years where citizens can cast their vote for a candidate of their choice. This allows Fort Ripley locals to have a voice in how their town is run and helps ensure that local policies reflect the will of its citizens.
The political climate in Zip 56449 (Fort Ripley, 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 56449 (Fort Ripley, MN) is strongly conservative.
Fort Ripley, 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.
Fort Ripley, 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 56449 (Fort Ripley)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 253 contributions totaling $8,562 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $34 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 12 contributions totaling $3,145 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $262 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)