Knife River, Minnesota is a small town located in Lake County, with a population of roughly 414 people. It is nestled between the woods and lake of northern Minnesota, providing its residents with a peaceful and tranquil atmosphere. Although Knife River is home to many diverse individuals, the politics of this quaint village remain relatively non-partisan. The majority of the citizens here vote for local candidates who are focused on maintaining the town's idyllic environment and improving infrastructure in order to make Knife River a better place to live. Local politicians work tirelessly to keep taxes low while still providing necessary services such as road maintenance and waste collection. In addition, they strive to create opportunities for jobs and businesses that will provide economic growth for the community. As a result, Knife River remains an incredibly safe and pleasant rural community that is proud of its independence from partisan politics.
The political climate in Zip 55609 (Knife River, MN) is leaning conservative.
Lake County, MN is leaning liberal. In Lake County, MN 50.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 47.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Lake county remained Democratic, 50.6% to 47.1%.
Lake county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 55609 (Knife River, MN) is leaning conservative.
Knife River, Minnesota is leaning conservative.
Lake County, Minnesota is leaning liberal.
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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.
Knife River, Minnesota: D D D D d d
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 55609 (Knife River)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 42 contributions totaling $4,187 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $100 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 2 contributions totaling $135 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $68 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)