The small city of Clear Lake, MN (55319) is located in the Sherburne County area. It has a population of approximately 420 people and is home to a variety of businesses and activities. The politics in 55319 Clear Lake, MN are governed by the local government of Sherburne County. This includes a county board that is made up of five commissioners who are elected on a nonpartisan basis by the citizens of the county. At the state level, MN residents are represented by government officials ranging from Senators to Representatives and more. These government officials help ensure laws are passed that benefit all members of society, including those living in 55319 Clear Lake, MN. In addition to this representation at the state level, each person living in 55319 also has two congressional representatives for their federal representation. All these politicians work together to ensure that their constituents’ needs are met and that laws are created that will benefit all Minnesotans.
The political climate in Zip 55319 (Clear 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 55319 (Clear Lake, MN) is strongly conservative.
Clear 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.
Clear 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 55319 (Clear Lake)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 98 contributions totaling $5,464 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $56 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 17 contributions totaling $5,330 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $314 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)