In Baudette, MN, politics takes many forms. The city is governed by a mayor and council members that are elected to serve their community. They are responsible for making important decisions about the future of Baudette and ensuring that the citizens have a voice in the governmental process. Additionally, many local organizations such as school boards or special committees also act as political entities and have representatives that can influence decision-making and policy creation in Baudette. Furthermore, residents of Baudette can express their views on politics through voting at election time or attending local meetings to make sure their opinion is heard.
The political climate in Baudette, MN is strongly conservative.
Lake of the Woods County, MN is very conservative. In Lake of the Woods County, MN 27.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 70.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Lake of the Woods county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 70.8% to 27.9%.
Lake of the Woods county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Baudette, MN is strongly conservative.
Lake of the Woods County, Minnesota 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.
Baudette, 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 Baudette, MN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 26 contributions totaling $791 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $30 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 4 contributions totaling $1,600 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $400 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)