East Gull Lake, Minnesota is a small town in the central part of the state. It is home to a diverse population comprised of both long-time residents and newcomers. Despite its relatively small size, East Gull Lake has an active political scene, with local elections held every two years. In these elections, voters get to choose representatives from both major and minor parties for positions ranging from mayor to city council members. All candidates are subject to rigorous scrutiny by the community before being elected into office. The people of East Gull Lake take the responsibility of choosing their leaders very seriously in order to ensure that their town remains safe and prosperous for many generations to come.
The political climate in East Gull Lake, MN is strongly conservative.
Cass County, MN is strongly conservative. In Cass County, MN 34.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 63.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Cass county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 63.5% to 34.7%.
Cass county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
East Gull Lake, MN is strongly conservative.
Cass County, Minnesota is strongly conservative.
Brainerd 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.
East Gull 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 East Gull Lake, MN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 655 contributions totaling $75,289 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $115 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 300 contributions totaling $200,492 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $668 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)