Merrifield, MN is a small community located in Central Minnesota. It has a close-knit, friendly atmosphere that is inviting to all. Despite its small size, Merrifield has an active local politics scene. Citizens of Merrifield actively debate and discuss issues important to the community like public works projects, education initiatives, and economic development plans. In recent years the city council has been working hard to ensure responsible fiscal management while making sure essential services are provided to the citizens of Merrifield. The city council also works with other municipalities and county agencies to ensure that the voice of Merrifield is heard on a larger scale as well. Local political candidates at all levels of government have worked diligently in recent years to give Merrifield residents a voice in policy decisions and make sure their concerns are addressed.
The political climate in Zip 56465 (Merrifield, 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 56465 (Merrifield, MN) is strongly conservative.
Merrifield, 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.
Merrifield, 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 56465 (Merrifield)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 58 contributions totaling $1,032 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $18 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 26 contributions totaling $5,525 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $213 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)