West Roy Lake, MN is a small town located in the Midwest featuring peaceful countryside vistas and classic Midwestern charm. It is a tight-knit community with a population of just over 5,000 people. Despite its small size, West Roy Lake has an active political presence. The town is part of Minnesota’s 6th Congressional District, which is represented by Democrat Collin Peterson. On the local level, West Roy Lake residents are served by a mayor and four city council members. These elected officials make decisions that affect the direction of the town—from approving budgets to deciding how limited resources should be allocated to maintain public services. Elections are held every two years for all city positions and provide citizens with the opportunity to have their voices heard on important issues facing their community.
The political climate in West Roy Lake, MN is somewhat conservative.
Mahnomen County, MN is leaning conservative. In Mahnomen County, MN 48.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 49.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Mahnomen county remained narrowly Republican, 49.6% to 48.3%.
Mahnomen county voted Republican again in 2020, after voting Democratic in 2012, 2008, and 2004.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
West Roy Lake, MN is somewhat conservative.
Mahnomen County, Minnesota is leaning 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.
West Roy Lake, Minnesota: r d D D 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 West Roy Lake, MN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 4 contributions totaling $2,500 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $625 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 29 contributions totaling $1,266 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $44 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)