The small town of Deerwood, MN is a peaceful community located in the heart of Aitkin County. With its population of 56444, Deerwood continues to be a great place to raise a family and has been largely unchanging over the years. Politics in Deerwood are not something that has taken center stage, though it does have a government body consisting of elected officials. These officials work together to make decisions that are best for the town and its citizens. Issues facing Deerwood include zoning regulations, public safety, economic development initiatives, and more. Many local residents have strong opinions about these issues and look for candidates who share similar values when it comes time to cast their vote.
The political climate in Zip 56444 (Deerwood, 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 56444 (Deerwood, MN) is strongly conservative.
Deerwood, 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.
Deerwood, 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 56444 (Deerwood)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 119 contributions totaling $35,674 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $300 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 38 contributions totaling $8,509 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $224 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)