Lida, Minnesota is a small town nestled in the rolling hills of southwestern Minnesota. With its friendly community and charming atmosphere, Lida is an ideal place to settle down. The local government in Lida works hard to ensure that the needs of all its citizens are met. They work closely with the county’s leaders to make sure that everyone's voice is heard and represented fairly. In addition, they strive to foster a sense of community by providing resources and programs for their citizens. Local elections are held every four years in Lida and the current mayor is Joe Smith. He has served since 2007 and his term will end soon. There are many different political issues that affect the citizens of Lida including taxes, education, public safety, infrastructure, and more. Each election cycle brings new faces into office as candidates seek to bring fresh ideas on how to improve life for all residents in the area.
The political climate in Lida, 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
Lida, 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.
Lida, 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 Lida, MN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 279 contributions totaling $9,713 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $35 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 76 contributions totaling $7,107 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $94 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)