Camp Lake, MN is a rural town that has a long history of political involvement and engagement. The small town is governed by a city council that works together to ensure the citizens' needs are met. The council members are elected from within the community based on their ability to represent the best interests of the locals. The council's primary responsibilities include approving budgets, overseeing public services, and handling development plans for the town. Additionally, they work with local business owners and organizations to promote economic growth in Camp Lake. There is an active politically engaged citizenry that goes beyond just voting in elections - they actively participate in debates, discussions and even campaign efforts for their favorite candidates. This deep level of engagement has helped ensure that Camp Lake continues to be a place where people can live peacefully and thrive with basic services provided by the city government.
The political climate in Camp Lake, MN is strongly conservative.
Swift County, MN is strongly conservative. In Swift County, MN 34.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 63.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Swift county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 63.9% to 34.4%.
Swift county voted Republican in the two most recent Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in the previous four.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Camp Lake, MN is strongly conservative.
Swift 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.
Camp Lake, Minnesota: d D D d 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 Camp Lake, MN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 59 contributions totaling $6,090 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $103 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 131 contributions totaling $13,491 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $103 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)