Knife Lake, MN is a small rural town located in northern Minnesota. It is home to a tight-knit community of approximately 2,000 people. The politics in Knife Lake are largely conservative and the local elections generally reflect this sentiment. Every four years, residents of Knife Lake come together to elect the mayor and council members who will represent their interests in local government. While voter turnout may not be as high as some larger cities, residents take pride in being part of an engaged citizenry that cares about the future of their community.
The political climate in Knife Lake, MN is strongly conservative.
Kanabec County, MN is very conservative. In Kanabec County, MN 30.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 67.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Kanabec county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 67.9% to 30.0%.
Kanabec county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Knife Lake, MN is strongly conservative.
Kanabec County, Minnesota is very 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.
Knife 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 Knife Lake, MN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 107 contributions totaling $12,536 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $117 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 54 contributions totaling $4,822 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $89 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)