Silver Brook, MN is a small town located in the rural Midwest. The city has a local political system comprised of various representatives and officials from the mayor’s office to school board members. The people of Silver Brook take an active role in local politics and regularly participate in meetings and events hosted by their elected representatives. With an emphasis on transparency and accountability, the political system in Silver Brook aims to ensure that citizens have access to information about their local government. From public hearings and community forums to election campaigns, the citizens of Silver Brook are actively involved in shaping the future of their town through local politics.
The political climate in Silver Brook, MN is somewhat 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
Silver Brook, MN is somewhat 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.
Silver Brook, 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 Silver Brook, MN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 122 contributions totaling $4,576 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $38 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 31 contributions totaling $7,226 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $233 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)