Oak Lawn, MN is a small town located in the central United States. Although the population of Oak Lawn is relatively small, the town has vibrant local politics. The town elects representatives to make decisions on matters that affect the people of Oak Lawn. Those representatives can be found at City Hall, where they meet regularly to address issues important to the citizens of Oak Lawn. These representatives also organize events such as forums or debates for candidates running for office in Oak Lawn. In addition, local political organizations often host gatherings to discuss and debate topics that have an impact on Oak Lawn's future. Despite being a small town, Oak Lawn's political environment is alive and active with many different stakeholders engaged in creating a better tomorrow for their community.
The political climate in Oak Lawn, MN is strongly conservative.
Crow Wing County, MN is strongly conservative. In Crow Wing County, MN 34.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 63.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Crow Wing county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 63.9% to 34.2%.
Crow Wing county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Oak Lawn, MN is strongly conservative.
Crow Wing County, Minnesota is strongly conservative.
Brainerd Metro Area is strongly 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.
Oak Lawn, 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 Oak Lawn, MN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 669 contributions totaling $76,584 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $114 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 306 contributions totaling $201,672 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $659 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)