Stony River, MN is a small town located in the northwest corner of the state. It has a long history of local politics, with citizens actively engaged in their local government. Stony River is home to two political parties: the Democratic Party and the Republican Party. Both parties have had strong representation on the city council for many years, ensuring that all viewpoints are heard in local decision making processes. Local politicians are always striving to ensure that their constituents' needs are met, while also taking into consideration the best interests of Stony River as a whole. In addition to city council meetings, there are frequent town hall meetings where citizens can make their voices heard and engage with their elected officials directly. Residents can play an active role in shaping the future of Stony River by attending these meetings and voicing their concerns and opinions.
The political climate in Stony River, MN is leaning conservative.
Lake County, MN is leaning liberal. In Lake County, MN 50.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 47.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Lake county remained Democratic, 50.6% to 47.1%.
Lake county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Stony River, MN is leaning conservative.
Lake County, Minnesota is leaning 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.
Stony River, Minnesota: D D D D d d
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 Stony River, MN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 725 contributions totaling $46,063 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $64 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 106 contributions totaling $16,431 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $155 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)