Leaf Lake, MN is a small town with a strong sense of community and local politics. The city council consists of five members who work together to make decisions for the town. They strive to create an environment that is safe and welcoming for all citizens and also works to protect the town’s natural resources. Leaf Lake has its own mayor who is elected by the people of the town every four years, as well as representatives from various neighborhoods in the area who are appointed by the mayor. This combined group works hard to ensure that citizens have access to reliable services such as public safety, street maintenance, parks and recreation, and economic development. They also actively participate in events like city festivals or cleanup days for local parks. Leaf Lake prides itself on being an engaged community and encourages residents to engage in local politics by attending meetings or becoming involved in their representative's campaigns or initiatives.
The political climate in Leaf Lake, MN is strongly conservative.
Otter Tail County, MN is very conservative. In Otter Tail County, MN 32.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 65.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Otter Tail county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 65.4% to 32.9%.
Otter Tail county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Leaf Lake, MN is strongly conservative.
Otter Tail County, Minnesota is very conservative.
Fergus Falls Metro Area 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.
Leaf 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 Leaf Lake, MN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 793 contributions totaling $24,192 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $31 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 57 contributions totaling $9,209 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $162 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)