The small city of Lakefield, Minnesota (56150) is a friendly and welcoming community with many local attractions and amenities. With a population of around 1,000 people, it is a great place to call home. Despite its small size, Lakefield is known for its active political participation from citizens and leaders alike. Local politicians are passionate about making sure the citizens’ needs are met while preserving the small-town atmosphere of the city. They take part in public forums to discuss issues relevant to the community such as taxes, education reform, health care access, environmental protection and more. Throughout the year they host town hall meetings and door-to-door campaigns to get their message out and keep citizens informed about upcoming initiatives. The local government takes its duties seriously and works hard to make sure that Lakefield remains a safe place for families to live and prosper.
The political climate in Zip 56150 (Lakefield, MN) is strongly conservative.
Jackson County, MN is very conservative. In Jackson County, MN 30.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 67.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Jackson county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 67.8% to 30.0%.
Jackson county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 56150 (Lakefield, MN) is strongly conservative.
Lakefield, Minnesota is strongly conservative.
Jackson County, Minnesota 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.
Lakefield, 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 56150 (Lakefield)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 6 contributions totaling $875 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $146 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 17 contributions totaling $1,464 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $86 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)