Chisago County, Minnesota is located just north of the Twin Cities metro area. It is a rural county with a population of just over 53,000 people. The politics in Chisago County are centered around the local government and its many departments. It is represented by two state senators and one representative in the Minnesota House of Representatives. The local elected officials are responsible for addressing the various needs of the community, from budgeting to public safety to infrastructure development. With such a small population, there is often a close connection between citizens and their elected representatives and all political matters are taken seriously. Residents of Chisago County have many opportunities to engage in their local government by attending meetings, providing input on issues that affect them directly, or simply voting in elections.
The political climate in Chisago County, MN is strongly conservative.
In Chisago County, MN 34.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 63.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Chisago county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 63.4% to 34.2%.
Chisago county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Chisago County, MN is strongly conservative.
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington Metro Area is moderately liberal.
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.
Chisago, 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 Chisago County, MN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 984 contributions totaling $41,079 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $42 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 438 contributions totaling $95,140 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $217 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)