Mountain Lake, MN is a small rural town known for its rich agricultural history and strong sense of community. Though the population of Mountain Lake is relatively small, it still has an active political landscape that affects local life. The city council holds regular monthly meetings in which key local issues are discussed and voted upon; they also act as liaisons to the larger county and state government bodies. Political candidates from the surrounding area regularly visit Mountain Lake to discuss their platforms and meet with potential constituents. Furthermore, citizens can actively engage in politics by voting in local elections and attending public forums hosted by their representatives. In short, politics play an important role in the everyday life of Mountain Lake’s residents.
The political climate in Mountain Lake, MN is moderately conservative.
Cottonwood County, MN is very conservative. In Cottonwood County, MN 30.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 68.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Cottonwood county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 68.2% to 30.0%.
Cottonwood county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Mountain Lake, MN is moderately conservative.
Cottonwood County, Minnesota is very conservative.
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.
Mountain Lake, 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 Mountain Lake, MN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 29 contributions totaling $899 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $31 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 34 contributions totaling $4,168 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $123 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)