Max, MN is a small town located in the heart of Minnesota with a population of 56659. As most small towns, the political environment in Max is fairly relaxed and dominated by local issues. While there are no specific names of local political candidates to be mentioned here, the people of Max are passionate about their community and take an active role in determining who should lead them. The residents value their independence, and often focus on local issues that affect their daily lives such as taxes, infrastructure development, job creation and crime prevention. At times they gather for town hall meetings to discuss potential solutions for these problems and share their opinions with one another. Moreover, Max citizens come together during major elections to vote for representatives that represent their interests on a larger scale. Overall, the politics in Max center around community values and progress towards creating a better quality of life for all its residents.
The political climate in Zip 56659 (Max, MN) is moderately conservative.
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
Zip 56659 (Max, MN) is moderately conservative.
Max, Minnesota is moderately conservative.
Itasca County, Minnesota 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.
Max, 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 zip 56659 (Max)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 3 contributions totaling $95 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $32 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)