Sand Lake, MN is a small town with a vibrant political culture. Despite its size, the community has a wide variety of active political organizations that are involved in local issues. The town is represented by an elected mayor and council members who work hard to ensure the needs of the citizens are met. There are also several non-governmental organizations dedicated to furthering social justice, environmental sustainability, and economic development in Sand Lake. These organizations often host events, such as candidate forums and public meetings, where residents can come together to discuss local politics and ask questions of their representatives. In addition to these more formal gatherings, many informal conversations happen between neighbors, family members, business owners, and other members of the community regarding the current political climate in Sand Lake.
The political climate in Sand Lake, MN is moderately conservative.
Itasca County, MN is moderately conservative. In Itasca County, MN 40.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 57.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Itasca county remained very strongly Republican, 57.4% to 40.6%.
Itasca county voted Republican in the two most recent Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in the previous four.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Sand Lake, MN is moderately conservative.
Itasca County, Minnesota is moderately 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.
Sand Lake, Minnesota: d D D d 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 Sand Lake, MN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 31 contributions totaling $2,219 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $72 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 32 contributions totaling $2,705 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $85 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)