Rabbit Lake, MN is a small town in the Midwest with a population of around 4,000 people. The local politics of Rabbit Lake are focused on community building and maintaining the small-town charm that many residents enjoy. The town has a City Council that meets regularly to discuss and implement initiatives to keep Rabbit Lake thriving. Residents are often involved in the decision-making process through polls or public hearings. Local elections are held bi-annually to elect two representatives to the City Council. Candidates must be 18 years of age, live in the city limits of Rabbit Lake, and run for office as independents. Issues important to the local community include taxes, infrastructure development, parks/recreation programs, education, public safety/security, and social services. As such, candidates for office must demonstrate their commitment to addressing these issues in order to be competitive in any local election.
The political climate in Rabbit 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
Rabbit 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.
Rabbit 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 Rabbit Lake, MN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 403 contributions totaling $45,178 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $112 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 189 contributions totaling $19,664 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $104 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)