Moose Lake, Minnesota is a small town located in Carlton County. It has a proud history of local political involvement and engagement from its citizens. Local politics are centered around issues that are important to the residents of Moose Lake, including education, public safety, infrastructure, and economic development. The most pressing issues facing the town are often debated at town hall meetings attended by both local politicians and citizens alike. Numerous candidates have run for office in recent years to represent Moose Lake's interests in municipal government and state legislature. Through their election campaigns, they have sought to promote the well-being of the community through policies that will help ensure a better quality of life for Moose Lake's residents.
The political climate in Moose Lake, MN is leaning conservative.
Carlton County, MN is leaning liberal. In Carlton County, MN 49.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 48.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Carlton county remained narrowly Democratic, 49.6% to 48.1%.
Carlton county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Moose Lake, MN is leaning conservative.
Carlton County, Minnesota is leaning liberal.
Duluth Metro Area is somewhat 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.
Moose Lake, Minnesota: D D D D d d
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 Moose Lake, MN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 182 contributions totaling $7,692 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $42 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 10 contributions totaling $1,225 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $123 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)