Lewis, MN is a small town in the Midwestern United States. The politics in this community are centered around local issues such as education, public safety, and economic development. Residents of Lewis are represented by elected officials on the city council. These officials create policies and ordinances that provide direction for the town’s growth and development. They also consider budgetary matters, such as taxes and spending for vital services. In addition to the city council, Lewis has a mayor who serves as an advocate for citizens at the local level. The mayor works with other elected officials to ensure the needs of the community are met with fairness and equity. Additionally, citizens have access to their state representatives in order to be heard about topics at the regional level. All in all, politics in Lewis are focused on finding solutions to local issues that will benefit everyone in the town.
The political climate in Lewis, MN is strongly conservative.
Mille Lacs County, MN is very conservative. In Mille Lacs County, MN 30.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 67.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Mille Lacs county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 67.8% to 30.0%.
Mille Lacs county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Lewis, MN is strongly conservative.
Mille Lacs County, Minnesota is very conservative.
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington Metro Area is moderately 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.
Lewis, 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 Lewis, MN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 74 contributions totaling $111,757 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $1,510 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 18 contributions totaling $1,596 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $89 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)