Martin Lake, MN is a small town located in the Midwest of the United States. The town has a strong sense of community and is home to many politically active citizens. Although there are no major local political candidates in Martin Lake, there are numerous organizations and civic groups that promote and monitor government policies at the state and national levels. These groups strive to ensure that their voices are heard when it comes to legislation, taxation, public safety, and other issues that affect their local community. Local representatives often attend meetings with these organizations to gain insight on how they can best represent their constituents' needs. Despite the absence of local political candidates, Martin Lake's citizens remain engaged in politics and work together to ensure their voices are heard.
The political climate in Martin Lake, MN is somewhat conservative.
Anoka County, MN is leaning conservative. In Anoka County, MN 47.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 49.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Anoka county remained narrowly Republican, 49.7% to 47.8%.
Anoka county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Martin Lake, MN is somewhat conservative.
Anoka County, Minnesota is leaning 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.
Martin 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 Martin Lake, MN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 188 contributions totaling $4,008 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $21 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 35 contributions totaling $6,470 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $185 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)