The city of Lowell, MN is a small community located just outside the Twin Cities metropolitan area. It is a suburban area with a population of approximately 10,000 people. In terms of politics, Lowell is part of Minnesota's 6th Congressional district which is currently represented by Democratic-Farmer-Labor (DFL) member Tom Emmer. The city also has its own local government where residents elect their own mayor and city council members. The current mayor of Lowell is Joseph Griese and the council currently consists of 6 members from various backgrounds. Each year, they work together to create laws and policies that benefit the community as a whole. Local elections are held every four years for both the mayor and city council to ensure that the citizens have representation in their local government.
The political climate in Lowell, MN is moderately conservative.
Polk County, MN is strongly conservative. In Polk County, MN 34.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 63.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Polk county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 63.3% to 34.9%.
Polk county voted Republican in five of the last six Presidential elections (2008 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Lowell, MN is moderately conservative.
Polk County, Minnesota is strongly conservative.
Grand Forks Metro Area is moderately 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.
Lowell, 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 Lowell, MN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 87 contributions totaling $8,635 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $99 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 71 contributions totaling $7,393 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $104 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)