The politics in Big Lake, MN 55309 are largely influenced by the local government. The Big Lake City Council is responsible for making decisions that impact the city's residents and businesses. They make decisions on budgets, public works projects, and community development initiatives. Local political candidates are elected to represent their constituents in the governing body of this small city. Election season brings out passion from both sides as citizens vote for candidates that will best represent their interests in the local government. The results of the election determine who will be tasked with making decisions on behalf of the community for at least the next two years. Big Lake is a small city with a big heart and strong sense of community, which is reflected in its politics and commitment to improving life for all those who call it home.
The political climate in Zip 55309 (Big Lake, MN) is strongly conservative.
Sherburne County, MN is very conservative. In Sherburne County, MN 32.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 65.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Sherburne county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 65.1% to 32.5%.
Sherburne county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 55309 (Big Lake, MN) is strongly conservative.
Big Lake, Minnesota is strongly conservative.
Sherburne County, Minnesota is very conservative.
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington Metro Area is moderately liberal.
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.
Big Lake, Minnesota: R R R 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 zip 55309 (Big Lake)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 240 contributions totaling $11,376 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $47 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 92 contributions totaling $72,980 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $793 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)