Lauderdale, MN is a small city located in the state of Minnesota. It is a rapidly growing community with a population of over 8,000 people. The city is served by two main local political parties: the Republican Party and the Democratic Party. Both parties have their own elected officials who represent the people of Lauderdale at all levels of government. Locally, these parties nominate candidates for various offices such as mayor, council members, and school board members. Elections are held on a regular basis to determine who will be representing the citizens of Lauderdale in various roles. Each party strives to present their positions on issues so that they are accurately represented in all aspects of governance. The local government also works hard to ensure that the interests and rights of its residents are respected through fair and transparent decision-making processes and policies. In order to maintain balance between both parties’ perspectives on different issues, the city encourages open dialogue between representatives from each party and values public opinion at all times.
The political climate in Lauderdale, MN is strongly liberal.
Ramsey County, MN is very liberal. In Ramsey County, MN 71.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 26.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Ramsey county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 71.5% to 26.1%.
Ramsey county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Lauderdale, MN is strongly liberal.
Ramsey County, Minnesota is very 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.
Lauderdale, 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 Lauderdale, MN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 10,866 contributions totaling $1,024,869 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $94 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 648 contributions totaling $470,292 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $726 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)