Lake Elmo, MN is a small rural town located in Washington County with a population of just under 8,000 people. The city is governed by a five-member elected Council that meets monthly to handle local government issues and decisions. The mayor is also elected by the residents of Lake Elmo, and there are no political candidates running for any local offices. The town prides itself on having a close-knit community with an emphasis on upholding traditional values while still looking towards the future and fostering economic growth. Recently, there have been initiatives to increase the town's presence in environmental sustainability, including plans to build more bike paths in the area and expand public parks. Residents of Lake Elmo take great pride in their city and are dedicated to making it an even better place to live.
The political climate in Zip 55042 (Lake Elmo, MN) is leaning liberal.
Washington County, MN is somewhat liberal. In Washington County, MN 53.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 44.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Washington county remained moderately Democratic, 53.5% to 44.2%.
Washington county voted Democratic in the four most recent Presidential elections, after 2000 and 2004 went Republican.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 55042 (Lake Elmo, MN) is leaning liberal.
Lake Elmo, Minnesota is leaning liberal.
Washington County, Minnesota is somewhat liberal.
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.
Lake Elmo, Minnesota: r r 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 55042 (Lake Elmo)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 577 contributions totaling $37,109 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $64 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 109 contributions totaling $41,964 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $385 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)