Green Lake, MN is a small rural community located in the Midwest. Politics here are dominated by a few local parties who work together to ensure the needs of the community are met. The town is home to many farmers and ranchers, so agriculture-related issues often take center stage in local elections. In addition to these traditional topics, Green Lake residents have recently become increasingly concerned with environmental issues due to their close proximity to nature. Local politicians have taken steps to protect the environment through legislation and by allocating funds towards conservation efforts. As a result, Green Lake has seen an increase in both public support for conservation initiatives and increased participation in local politics.
The political climate in Green Lake, MN is strongly conservative.
Kandiyohi County, MN is strongly conservative. In Kandiyohi County, MN 36.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 61.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Kandiyohi county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 61.8% to 36.1%.
Kandiyohi county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Green Lake, MN is strongly conservative.
Kandiyohi County, Minnesota is strongly conservative.
Willmar 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.
Green 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 Green Lake, MN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 526 contributions totaling $36,276 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $69 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 314 contributions totaling $83,340 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $265 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)