Lake City, MN is a small town located in the Southeastern corner of Minnesota. It is governed by a mayor and four city council members who are democratically elected by residents of Lake City. The local government works to ensure that all citizens have access to essential services and infrastructure. They also strive to create an environment that encourages economic growth and community development. Issues such as housing, transportation, public safety, parks and recreation, zoning, education, healthcare, taxes and other matters are addressed through ordinances, resolutions and policies created by the city council for the betterment of the community. The mayor and city council members seek feedback from the public on various issues so that they can make informed decisions for the benefit of all in Lake City.
The political climate in Lake City, MN is moderately conservative.
Wabasha County, MN is strongly conservative. In Wabasha County, MN 35.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 62.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Wabasha county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 62.1% to 35.8%.
Wabasha county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Lake City, MN is moderately conservative.
Wabasha County, Minnesota is strongly conservative.
Red Wing Metro Area is somewhat 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.
Lake City, 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 if the Democratic Party candidate won and I if the Independent Party candidate won. 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 Lake City, MN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 424 contributions totaling $25,860 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $61 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 112 contributions totaling $17,384 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $155 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)