Sinclair, MN is a small town located in northern Minnesota with a population of just under 500 people. The political atmosphere in Sinclair is focused on local issues like managing the town’s budget or maintaining public spaces. All candidates for office must be residents of Sinclair and are expected to be knowledgeable about the needs of the community. This year, two local residents, Dan McCarthy and Jack Jenkins, are running for mayor. Dan has served as a city council member and is well-versed in local politics while Jack has been an active volunteer and community organizer in Sinclair for years. With their knowledge of Sinclair’s unique needs, both candidates have proposed initiatives that would move the town forward while remaining mindful of its smaller stature. Voters will have to decide which candidate they believe will best serve their interests and those of Sinclair as a whole when election day arrives this November.
The political climate in Sinclair, MN is very conservative.
Clearwater County, MN is very conservative. In Clearwater County, MN 26.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 71.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Clearwater county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 71.6% to 26.8%.
Clearwater county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Sinclair, MN is very conservative.
Clearwater 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.
Sinclair, 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 Sinclair, MN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 9 contributions totaling $1,750 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $194 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 7 contributions totaling $1,345 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $192 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)