Lino Lakes, Minnesota is a small city located in the northern part of the state. Its population is approximately 15,000 people and it has a mayor-council form of government. The Mayor serves as the legislative head of the city council and is elected to a four-year term. The six council members serve two-year terms and are responsible for passing ordinances, setting policy, and approving budgets for the city. Every other year voters in Lino Lakes have an opportunity to select their preferred candidates for the mayoral and council positions during local elections. In recent years many candidates have run on platforms focusing on improving quality of life through better cycling infrastructure, increasing access to affordable housing, and encouraging economic development within the city. Several initiatives have been successful in achieving these goals which have made Lino Lakes a great place to live and work.
The political climate in Lino Lakes, MN is somewhat conservative.
Anoka County, MN is leaning conservative. In Anoka County, MN 47.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 49.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Anoka county remained narrowly Republican, 49.7% to 47.8%.
Anoka county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Lino Lakes, MN is somewhat conservative.
Anoka County, Minnesota is leaning 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.
Lino Lakes, 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 Lino Lakes, MN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 5,996 contributions totaling $538,709 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $90 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,590 contributions totaling $454,958 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $286 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)