Long Lake, MN is a small city with a population of about 4,000 people. The city is governed by the Long Lake City Council, which consists of a mayor and four council members who are elected to serve two-year terms. The City Council meets regularly to discuss local issues, evaluate policy proposals, and decide on important matters for the city. Each member of the council brings their own perspective and views to the table in order to represent their constituents’ best interests. As an actively engaged community, many residents stay informed on current political events and can often be found attending council meetings or engaging in civil discourse with one another over various topics. Local elections for mayor and council members usually attract high levels of participation from the citizens of Long Lake, MN and many citizens take pride in being able to cast their ballot for candidates they feel will best represent them.
The political climate in Long Lake, MN is somewhat liberal.
Hennepin County, MN is very liberal. In Hennepin County, MN 70.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 27.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Hennepin county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 70.5% to 27.2%.
Hennepin county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Long Lake, MN is somewhat liberal.
Hennepin 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.
Long Lake, 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 Long Lake, MN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 4,388 contributions totaling $2,314,318 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $527 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 2,403 contributions totaling $3,207,654 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $1,335 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)