Red Lake County, located in Northern Minnesota, is home to a diverse political landscape. The county is divided into two separate districts, each with its own set of elected officials. District One is home to the cities of Red Lake Falls and Oklee, while District Two encompasses the cities of Redby and Ponemah. Each district has a state representative and senator who are responsible for setting laws and policy guidelines for the county. The county also has an elected board of commissioners that works together in making decisions that affect the entire county. On the federal level, Red Lake County is represented by senators and representatives from both parties, ensuring that all voices are heard during legislative debates on important issues. While politics can often be contentious, residents of Red Lake County generally remain respectful of their elected officials and work together to make sure their voices are heard at both the local and national levels.
The political climate in Red Lake County, MN is very conservative.
In Red Lake County, MN 31.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 66.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Red Lake county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 66.2% to 31.5%.
Red Lake county voted Republican in five of the last six Presidential elections (2008 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Red Lake County, MN is very 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.
Red 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 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 Red Lake County, MN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 111 contributions totaling $18,686 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $168 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 10 contributions totaling $6,511 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $651 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)