The politics in 56623 Baudette, MN are heavily influenced by local residents and the policies of their elected officials. The city is located in Lake of the Woods County, which is part of Minnesota’s 6th Congressional District. This district is represented by Congresswoman Michelle Fischbach. On the state level, it is part of Senate District 2 and House District 2B and is represented by Senator Justin Eichorn and Representative Steve Green, respectively. At the county level, there are five board members that make up the Board of Commissioners who are responsible for formulating policy at a local level. These board members are elected by residents every two years to serve a four-year term. Overall, politics 56623 Baudette, MN have an impact on all aspects of life within this small but vibrant community.
The political climate in Zip 56623 (Baudette, MN) is very conservative.
Lake of the Woods County, MN is very conservative. In Lake of the Woods County, MN 27.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 70.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Lake of the Woods county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 70.8% to 27.9%.
Lake of the Woods county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 56623 (Baudette, MN) is very conservative.
Baudette, Minnesota is very conservative.
Lake of the Woods 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.
Baudette, 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 56623 (Baudette)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 26 contributions totaling $791 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $30 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 4 contributions totaling $1,600 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $400 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)