Sturgeon Lake, MN is a small community located in Pine County in the north-central part of the state. It is home to a wide variety of businesses, churches, schools, and other organizations. Politics in Sturgeon Lake are focused on local issues such as economic development, infrastructure improvements, and job creation. The city council elections are held every two years and candidates must be residents of the city to run for office. Residents take their civic duty seriously by voting for candidates from both major parties who they believe will best serve their interests and promote the welfare of the community. Local nonpartisan committees frequently hold events to inform citizens about candidates and upcoming voting decisions. This helps ensure that all residents have access to the same information and can make an informed decision when casting their vote in local elections.
The political climate in Sturgeon Lake, MN is strongly conservative.
Pine County, MN is strongly conservative. In Pine County, MN 33.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 64.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Pine county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 64.1% to 33.9%.
Pine county voted Republican in three most recent Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in the previous three.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Sturgeon Lake, MN is strongly conservative.
Pine County, Minnesota 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.
Sturgeon Lake, Minnesota: d d d 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 Sturgeon Lake, MN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 101 contributions totaling $4,760 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $47 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 3 contributions totaling $535 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $178 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)