Lakeville, Minnesota is a small town located in the south of the state near Minneapolis. The city has a lot to offer its citizens with plenty of shops and restaurants to choose from. Politics also plays an important role in the community. Local elections provide residents with an opportunity to have their voices heard in the decisions that affect them and their neighbors. The elected officials are responsible for enacting policies that will shape the future of Lakeville, MN such as improving infrastructure, balancing budgets, and making sure schools are properly funded and maintained. Additionally, Lakeville's representatives at the state and federal levels help ensure that laws are created that benefit all citizens. Residents are encouraged to get involved by attending meetings or volunteering on local campaigns. By doing so they can make a real difference in their community and ensure that Lakeville remains a wonderful place to live for generations to come.
The political climate in Lakeville, MN is leaning conservative.
Dakota County, MN is somewhat liberal. In Dakota County, MN 55.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 41.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Dakota county remained strongly Democratic, 55.7% to 41.8%.
Dakota county voted Democratic in the four most recent Presidential elections, after 2000 and 2004 went Republican.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Lakeville, MN is leaning conservative.
Dakota County, Minnesota is somewhat liberal.
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.
Lakeville, Minnesota: r r 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 Lakeville, MN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 7,263 contributions totaling $339,655 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $47 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 785 contributions totaling $173,662 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $221 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)