Crystal Bay, MN is a small town nestled between the countryside and the lake. Its politics are heavily focused on local issues such as improving public safety, increasing investment in education, and finding ways to boost the local economy. Although there are no local political candidates running in this election year, there are plenty of residents who take part in discussions about policies that affect them both directly and indirectly. This helps create an open dialogue between citizens and their government representatives. Crystal Bay is a community that takes pride in its values of community engagement, transparency, fairness, and respect for all its citizens.
The political climate in Crystal Bay, MN is somewhat conservative.
Lake County, MN is leaning liberal. In Lake County, MN 50.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 47.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Lake county remained Democratic, 50.6% to 47.1%.
Lake county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Crystal Bay, MN is somewhat conservative.
Lake County, Minnesota is leaning 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.
Crystal Bay, Minnesota: D D D D d d
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 Crystal Bay, MN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 385 contributions totaling $17,611 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $46 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 29 contributions totaling $2,435 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $84 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)