Spring Lake, Minnesota is located in the southwestern part of the state and is a small town consisting of about 2,000 people. The town is governed by a village council with five members who are elected by local residents every two years. The village council works hard to ensure the needs of the residents are met and sets policies that benefit the whole community. They work on various initiatives such as improving infrastructure, increasing public safety, and providing quality services to all citizens. In addition, they maintain close relationships with local businesses to foster economic growth within the city. With its small population size, Spring Lake offers its citizens an intimate and friendly atmosphere that many larger municipalities cannot offer.
The political climate in Spring Lake, MN is somewhat conservative.
Scott County, MN is leaning conservative. In Scott County, MN 45.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 52.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Scott county remained moderately Republican, 52.1% to 45.5%.
Scott county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Spring Lake, MN is somewhat conservative.
Scott County, Minnesota is leaning conservative.
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.
Spring 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 Spring Lake, MN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,356 contributions totaling $1,140,722 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $484 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 842 contributions totaling $800,433 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $951 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)