Shaokatan, MN is a small community located in northern Minnesota. It is known for its rural feel and strong sense of community. Politically, the town has traditionally been quite conservative. In recent years, however, the town has seen an influx of more progressive political perspectives that has had an impact on local politics. Shaokatan is now home to several political candidates from both sides of the aisle who are vying for public office and advocating for their respective causes. Local elections have become more competitive with each cycle as citizens take part in deciding the future direction of their community. The residents of Shaokatan are passionate about their views and take pride in being able to shape the course of their town's future through active civic engagement at the polls and beyond.
The political climate in Shaokatan, MN is strongly conservative.
Lincoln County, MN is very conservative. In Lincoln County, MN 30.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 68.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Lincoln county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 68.1% to 30.1%.
Lincoln county voted Republican in 2020, 2016, 2012 and 2004, and Democratic in 2008 and 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Shaokatan, MN is strongly conservative.
Lincoln County, Minnesota 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.
Shaokatan, Minnesota: d 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 Shaokatan, MN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 30 contributions totaling $2,064 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $69 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 71 contributions totaling $7,104 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $100 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)