Lake Park, Minnesota is a small town located in the central part of the state. It is known for its natural beauty and friendly people. The local politics in Lake Park reflect the values held by its citizens. The mayor's office works hard to ensure that all members of the community have access to essential services, while also preserving the town's unique character. Local government takes an active role in advocating for issues important to the area such as economic development, environmental protection, and cultural diversity. In addition, Lake Park has several special interest groups that lobby for different causes such as education reform and criminal justice reform. These groups strive to create positive change within their community and beyond.
The political climate in Lake Park, MN is strongly conservative.
Becker County, MN is strongly conservative. In Becker County, MN 34.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 64.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Becker county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 64.1% to 34.0%.
Becker county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Lake Park, MN is strongly conservative.
Becker County, Minnesota 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.
Lake Park, 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 Lake Park, MN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 107 contributions totaling $6,245 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $58 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 45 contributions totaling $5,411 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $120 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)