Chisago Lake, MN is a small town located in Chisago County. The town has a rich political history and is often the site of heated debates during local elections. Residents take their civic duties seriously and take an active role in their local government. The town is governed by a mayor, four council members, and two commissioners who are elected to two-year terms. In addition to voting for local representatives, residents also vote on initiatives that have been brought forward by the mayor or city council. These initiatives are often focused on improving public services or addressing issues of importance to Chisago Lake’s citizens. Political discourse tends to be civil but passionate, with most local politicians working together to foster an atmosphere of collaboration and compromise. As a result, much progress has been made in recent years in improving Chisago Lake’s quality of life for its residents.
The political climate in Chisago Lake, MN is strongly conservative.
Chisago County, MN is strongly conservative. In Chisago County, MN 34.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 63.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Chisago county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 63.4% to 34.2%.
Chisago county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Chisago Lake, MN is strongly conservative.
Chisago County, Minnesota is strongly 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.
Chisago 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 Chisago Lake, MN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 668 contributions totaling $44,070 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $66 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 321 contributions totaling $75,215 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $234 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)