Crow Lake, MN is a small town located in Northern Minnesota. Although relatively small in population size, there are still a variety of political issues that take place within the city. The local government is responsible for maintaining services such as garbage collection, public safety, and infrastructure development. Every two years, residents have the opportunity to elect candidates who will work to represent their interests in the local government. These include representatives for the county board as well as city council members who address specific issues related to Crow Lake. There are a number of local organizations and advocacy groups that support particular candidates or causes on a regular basis. These groups also help inform citizens about important upcoming elections and how their vote can make an impact.
The political climate in Crow Lake, MN is moderately conservative.
Stearns County, MN is moderately conservative. In Stearns County, MN 37.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 60.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Stearns county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 60.1% to 37.6%.
Stearns county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Crow Lake, MN is moderately conservative.
Stearns County, Minnesota is moderately conservative.
St. Cloud Metro Area 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.
Crow 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 Crow Lake, MN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 10 contributions totaling $375 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $38 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 66 contributions totaling $18,771 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $284 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)