Platte Lake, MN is a small town located in the heart of Minnesota. It has a rich history and strong community spirit that makes it a great place to live. Politically, Platte Lake is a conservative area that values traditional values and strong family ties. While there are no local political candidates running from Platte Lake at this time, the residents take their civic duty very seriously and are actively engaged in local politics. On election day, you will find many of the citizens proudly casting their votes for their preferred candidates and exercising their right to vote. Through various initiatives such as town hall meetings and voter registration drives, the town works hard to promote an informed electorate and ensure that all voices are heard in the political process.
The political climate in Platte Lake, MN is strongly conservative.
Crow Wing County, MN is strongly conservative. In Crow Wing County, MN 34.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 63.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Crow Wing county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 63.9% to 34.2%.
Crow Wing county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Platte Lake, MN is strongly conservative.
Crow Wing County, Minnesota is strongly conservative.
Brainerd Metro Area is strongly 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.
Platte 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 Platte Lake, MN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 684 contributions totaling $76,157 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $111 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 313 contributions totaling $203,462 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $650 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)