Wood Lake, MN is a small city with approximately 2,500 people. The politics in Wood Lake are focused on local issues that affect the community, such as public safety, infrastructure, education and economic development. The city is governed by a mayor and four members of the City Council who are elected by the citizens of Wood Lake every two years. Residents can get involved in the political process by attending council meetings, volunteering for campaigns or initiatives, and voting in local elections. Through these various avenues, citizens have an opportunity to make their voices heard and be active participants in decisions that shape their community.
The political climate in Wood Lake, MN is very conservative.
Yellow Medicine County, MN is very conservative. In Yellow Medicine County, MN 30.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 67.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Yellow Medicine county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 67.5% to 30.5%.
Yellow Medicine county voted Republican in five of the last six Presidential elections (2008 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Wood Lake, MN is very conservative.
Yellow Medicine 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.
Wood Lake, Minnesota: r r d 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 Wood Lake, MN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 5 contributions totaling $541 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $108 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 9 contributions totaling $625 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $69 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)