Lakewood, MN is a small city located in central Minnesota. It has a council-manager form of government, with five elected City Council members and an appointed City Manager. The current mayor is Mark Skelton, who was re-elected to his second term in 2018. Lakewood is a non-partisan city so there are no political candidates running for any local offices.
The City Council meets every month to discuss new ordinances and policies that affect the citizens of Lakewood. They also hold public hearings on various issues and consider input from the community before making decisions. The City Manager works with the Council to implement their decisions and manage the day-to-day operations of the city.
Lakewood prides itself on being an inclusive community and encourages civic participation from all its residents. Residents can attend public meetings or contact their council members directly with concerns or questions about city policy. The citizens of Lakewood work together to create a safe and prosperous environment for everyone living in the city.
The political climate in Lakewood, MN is leaning conservative.
St. Louis County, MN is somewhat liberal. In St. Louis County, MN 56.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 41.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, St. Louis county remained very strongly Democratic, 56.6% to 41.0%.
St. Louis county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Lakewood, MN is leaning conservative.
St. Louis County, Minnesota is somewhat liberal.
Duluth Metro Area is somewhat liberal.
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.
Lakewood, Minnesota: D D D D D D
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 Lakewood, MN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,307 contributions totaling $205,245 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $89 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 522 contributions totaling $264,087 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $506 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)