Vermilion Lake, MN is a small town nestled in the rolling hills of central Minnesota. Here, the politics are mostly conservative and the people take pride in their community. The local government consists of a mayor and city council members who are responsible for making decisions that affect Vermilion Lake residents. Elections are held every two years and residents can vote for the candidates that they think will best represent their interests. The candidates put forth their agendas and goals which can include improving infrastructure, introducing public services, or other initiatives that could benefit Vermilion Lake citizens. In recent years, the political scene has become increasingly more competitive as more candidates seek office each election cycle. All in all, Vermilion Lake's politics is an important part of life here and its residents have consistently worked together to keep their community strong and prosperous.
The political climate in Vermilion Lake, MN is leaning conservative.
St. Louis County, MN is somewhat liberal. In St. Louis County, MN 56.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 41.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, St. Louis county remained very strongly Democratic, 56.6% to 41.0%.
St. Louis county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Vermilion Lake, MN is leaning conservative.
St. Louis County, Minnesota is somewhat liberal.
Duluth Metro Area is somewhat 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.
Vermilion Lake, 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 Vermilion Lake, MN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 127 contributions totaling $11,876 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $94 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 8 contributions totaling $2,461 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $308 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)