Blind Lake, Minnesota is a small town located in the northern part of the state. While it may be small in size, Blind Lake has been an important part of the local political landscape for many years. The town is represented in the Minnesota House of Representatives by Representative Steve Schomacker who has served since 2019. At the county level, Blind Lake is represented by Commissioner Jack Johnson, who has held his seat since 2016. Blind Lake also has a mayor and five city council members which are elected every two years and serve four-year terms. The local leaders of Blind Lake work hard to ensure that the community remains strong and vibrant, as well as advocating for issues important to its residents such as public safety and economic development. With strong civic participation from its citizens, Blind Lake is sure to remain a dynamic presence in Minnesota's political landscape for many years to come.
The political climate in Blind Lake, MN is moderately conservative.
Cass County, MN is strongly conservative. In Cass County, MN 34.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 63.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Cass county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 63.5% to 34.7%.
Cass county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Blind Lake, MN is moderately conservative.
Cass 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.
Blind 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 Blind Lake, MN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 119 contributions totaling $60,065 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $505 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 100 contributions totaling $31,805 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $318 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)