Lac qui Parle County, Minnesota is located in the western part of the state and is home to a rural population of just over 10,000 people. As with many rural communities, politics are an important part of maintaining quality of life for its citizens. Lac qui Parle County has traditionally been a Democratic stronghold in the state with strong ties to agriculture and labor unions. The current county commissioners are all Democrats who have served for several terms. The county is also represented by several Democrats in both the Minnesota House and Senate. Locally, numerous political candidates run for office each election cycle from both major parties as well as independent organizations vying for local offices such as school board members and city councilors. No matter what party they come from, these candidates understand the needs of their constituents and strive to ensure that their voices are heard when it comes to issues that affect them most.
The political climate in Lac qui Parle County, MN is strongly conservative.
In Lac qui Parle County, MN 35.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 62.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Lac qui Parle county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 62.6% to 35.8%.
Lac qui Parle county voted Republican in the two most recent Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in the previous four.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Lac qui Parle County, MN is strongly conservative.
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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.
Lac qui Parle, Minnesota: d 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 for the Democrat and I for the Independent. 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 Lac qui Parle County, MN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 78 contributions totaling $3,439 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $44 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 48 contributions totaling $5,545 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $116 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)