The small town of 55795 Willow River, MN is a tightknit community where the people are proud to be active participants in their local politics. Despite its small size, the town has a vibrant political landscape. The local government takes its responsibilities seriously and works hard to ensure that they serve their constituents’ needs in the best way possible. Local elections are often hotly contested races between several candidates who are passionate about representing the people of Willow River. It is always a spirited debate between candidates who want to see the small town flourish. Residents of 55795 Willow River, MN take pride in their right to vote and help shape the future of their community by participating in local elections.
The political climate in Zip 55795 (Willow River, MN) is strongly conservative.
Pine County, MN is strongly conservative. In Pine County, MN 33.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 64.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Pine county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 64.1% to 33.9%.
Pine county voted Republican in three most recent Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in the previous three.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 55795 (Willow River, MN) is strongly conservative.
Willow River, Minnesota is strongly conservative.
Pine County, Minnesota is strongly 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.
Willow River, Minnesota: d d 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 55795 (Willow River)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 258 contributions totaling $2,633 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $10 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 17 contributions totaling $2,700 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $159 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)