The politics in Thunder Lake, MN are focused on the people in the community and the issues that affect them most. From local taxes to public safety, Thunder Lake residents are highly engaged in finding solutions to keep their city running smoothly. The city council holds regular meetings and encourages public input when making important decisions. Election season is a time of high interest for many of the citizens of Thunder Lake as local political candidates campaign on their platforms and ideas for improving life in the city. In addition, citizens stay informed about any new initiatives or proposals coming from the state government that may impact their community. All these things come together to create an open and active atmosphere when it comes to politics in Thunder Lake.
The political climate in Thunder Lake, MN is moderately conservative.
Cass County, MN is strongly conservative. In Cass County, MN 34.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 63.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Cass county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 63.5% to 34.7%.
Cass county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Thunder Lake, MN is moderately conservative.
Cass 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.
Thunder Lake, 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 Thunder Lake, MN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 12 contributions totaling $972 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $81 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 7 contributions totaling $507 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $72 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)