Baker, MN is a small city located in the northern part of the state. It is home to a close-knit community of people who are devoted to making their city a great place to live. The politics in Baker, MN are focused around keeping the city safe and secure while providing services that benefit residents. The city council, mayor, and other local officials make decisions on issues such as infrastructure, public safety, taxes, economic development, and more. Community members have a chance to voice their opinion at various meetings and forums throughout the year. Residents can also get involved in campaigns for local political candidates during election season to help ensure their voices are heard.
The political climate in Baker CDP (Clay County), MN is somewhat conservative.
Clay County, MN is leaning liberal. In Clay County, MN 50.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 46.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Clay county flipped Democratic, 50.7% to 46.7%.
Clay county flipped Democratic in the most recent Presidential election (2000, 2004 and 2016 went Republican).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Baker CDP (Clay County), MN is somewhat conservative.
Clay County, Minnesota is leaning liberal.
Fargo Metro Area is leaning 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.
Baker CDP (Clay County), Minnesota: r r D d r 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 Baker CDP (Clay County), MN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2 contributions totaling $400 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $200 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 17 contributions totaling $730 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $43 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)