Silver Lake, MN 55381 is a small city with a population of just over 1,000 people. The local government in Silver Lake is focused on providing services that benefit the citizens and promote economic prosperity for the community. The mayor, who is elected from among residents of the city, works closely with the city council to ensure that legislation passed is in line with their constituents’ desires and provides necessary services such as safety, sanitation, education and transportation. Other important roles include the police chief, fire chief, public works director and treasurer. Citizens of Silver Lake have the opportunity to become involved in local politics by attending city council meetings or voting for candidates during elections.
The political climate in Zip 55381 (Silver Lake, MN) is very conservative.
McLeod County, MN is very conservative. In McLeod County, MN 30.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 66.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, McLeod county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 66.8% to 30.6%.
McLeod county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 55381 (Silver Lake, MN) is very conservative.
Silver Lake, Minnesota is very conservative.
McLeod County, Minnesota is very conservative.
Hutchinson Metro Area is very conservative.
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.
Silver 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 55381 (Silver Lake)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 22 contributions totaling $226 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $10 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 4 contributions totaling $600 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $150 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)