Star Lake, MN is a small town in the Midwest with a population of just over 5,000 people. It has a mayor-council form of government that works to ensure the town runs smoothly and efficiently. The local politics are generally quite uneventful—there have been no major political scandals or controversies in recent years. However, every four years the citizens of Star Lake come out to vote for their preferred mayoral candidate. The candidates typically come from both major parties as well as smaller local parties, making it a vibrant and diverse political environment. Despite its small size, Star Lake is an important part of Minnesota's political landscape.
The political climate in Star Lake, MN is strongly conservative.
Otter Tail County, MN is very conservative. In Otter Tail County, MN 32.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 65.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Otter Tail county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 65.4% to 32.9%.
Otter Tail county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Star Lake, MN is strongly conservative.
Otter Tail County, Minnesota is very conservative.
Fergus Falls Metro Area 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.
Star 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 Star Lake, MN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 20 contributions totaling $2,076 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $104 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 28 contributions totaling $2,455 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $88 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)