Spring Lake Park, MN is a small city located in Anoka County in the Twin Cities metropolitan area. It has a population of about 7,500 people and is known for its peaceful residential neighborhoods and local parks. Politically, the city has long been known as a center for progressive politics and an example of strong civic engagement. The city is served by two distinct school districts that serve its residents and students from surrounding areas. In addition to these schools, there are several private schools and churches throughout the city. At the local level, Spring Lake Park operates under a non-partisan council/manager form of government and prides itself on being open to all views on any subject. Every two years, citizens come out to elect three council members who will serve four-year terms. These members work together with the mayor to provide leadership and guidance for the city’s future development. Local issues such as budgeting, zoning changes, taxation, public safety services, infrastructure improvements are all discussed regularly at City Council meetings which are also open to the public.
The political climate in Spring Lake Park, MN is leaning conservative.
Anoka County, MN is leaning conservative. In Anoka County, MN 47.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 49.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Anoka county remained narrowly Republican, 49.7% to 47.8%.
Anoka county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Spring Lake Park, MN is leaning conservative.
Anoka County, Minnesota is leaning conservative.
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington Metro Area is moderately 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.
Spring Lake Park, 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 Spring Lake Park, MN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 3,136 contributions totaling $131,184 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $42 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 792 contributions totaling $62,094 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $78 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)