Cedar Lake, Minnesota is a charming small town with a little over 4,000 residents. The community has strong political beliefs and is very involved in local elections. Cedar Lake’s city government is comprised of an elected mayor and six council members who serve on the city council. As a result, city residents have the opportunity to participate in electing local officials by voting for candidates they believe will best represent their values and interests. In addition to the elected officials, the town also has committees that focus on specific areas of concern such as public safety, parks and recreation, infrastructure improvements, economic development and more. This allows citizens to be proactive in making sure that their voices are heard when it comes to local issues. Through these committees and other forms of participation in politics such as attending town hall meetings or voicing opinions on social media platforms, Cedar Lake residents can make sure that their needs are being addressed in the best way possible.
The political climate in Cedar Lake, MN is somewhat conservative.
Scott County, MN is leaning conservative. In Scott County, MN 45.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 52.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Scott county remained moderately Republican, 52.1% to 45.5%.
Scott county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Cedar Lake, MN is somewhat conservative.
Scott County, Minnesota is leaning conservative.
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington Metro Area is moderately 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.
Cedar Lake, 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 Cedar Lake, MN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,378 contributions totaling $1,086,218 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $788 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 724 contributions totaling $733,377 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $1,013 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)