Lake Sarah, MN is a small town located just outside of the Twin Cities metropolitan area. Despite its size, politics in Lake Sarah are important to its citizens, who value their independence and being able to make decisions that affect their community. The city is served by two main political parties: Republicans and Democrats. Each party has representatives within the city council, who vote on important matters that impact the town's future. While there may be disagreements about certain issues among party members, they come together to ensure that Lake Sarah remains a great place for families to live and work. The people of Lake Sarah take pride in their ability to make difficult decisions collectively and work together for the betterment of the community.
The political climate in Lake Sarah, MN is very conservative.
Murray County, MN is very conservative. In Murray County, MN 29.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 68.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Murray county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 68.7% to 29.6%.
Murray county voted Republican in five of the last six Presidential elections (2008 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Lake Sarah, MN is very conservative.
Murray 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.
Lake Sarah, Minnesota: r R d 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 Sarah, MN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 385 contributions totaling $19,466 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $51 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 239 contributions totaling $15,163 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $63 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)