Big Lake, MN is a small town located in the state of Minnesota. It has a long history of political activity and involvement. The citizens of Big Lake take an active role in their local politics, electing representatives to the county and state legislatures who work to ensure that their city's interests are represented. Recently, several new candidates have emerged to represent the people of Big Lake, offering fresh perspectives and innovative ideas for how best to serve their constituents. These candidates have already made an impact on local politics by engaging with the community and pushing for change on important issues. The people of Big Lake are eager to see what these new candidates can bring to the table and are looking forward to seeing what happens in this upcoming election cycle.
The political climate in Big Lake, MN is strongly conservative.
Sherburne County, MN is very conservative. In Sherburne County, MN 32.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 65.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Sherburne county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 65.1% to 32.5%.
Sherburne county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Big Lake, MN is strongly conservative.
Sherburne County, Minnesota is very 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.
Big Lake, 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 Big Lake, MN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 985 contributions totaling $60,266 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $61 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 510 contributions totaling $117,677 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $231 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)