Lake, MN County is a vibrant community with a strong local government. The county is made up of several municipalities that are each represented by elected officials. At the county level, there are two Commissioners who serve four-year terms and make decisions on behalf of the county's residents. The County also has a Board of Supervisors to oversee planning and development in the area. On top of all this, Lake County residents also elect representatives for state and national legislatures, including members for both chambers of Congress and the Minnesota Legislature. In short, Lake County has a strong political representation that can help ensure its citizens have their voices heard on important matters.
The political climate in Lake County, MN is leaning liberal.
In Lake County, MN 50.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 47.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Lake county remained Democratic, 50.6% to 47.1%.
Lake county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Lake County, MN is leaning liberal.
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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.
Lake, Minnesota: D D D D d d
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 Lake County, MN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 851 contributions totaling $37,853 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $44 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 56 contributions totaling $6,120 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $109 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)