Pelican Lake, MN is a small but vibrant community located in central Minnesota. The town has a rich culture and proud citizens who are actively engaged in its political affairs. Every year the local population votes for their favorite candidates in the local elections for city council, mayor, and other important positions. The elections are fair and everyone gets a chance to make their opinion matter. People in Pelican Lake take pride in their political participation, engaging in debates and discussing current policies to ensure that the best candidates are chosen for each position. The community also remains dedicated to promoting ethical behavior among all elected officials while encouraging individuals to get involved in politics at any level. With such active participation from the citizens of Pelican Lake, it is clear that local politics here will remain an important part of this town's future.
The political climate in Pelican Lake, MN is strongly conservative.
Grant County, MN is strongly conservative. In Grant County, MN 35.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 62.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Grant county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 62.1% to 35.6%.
Grant county voted Republican in five of the last six Presidential elections (2008 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Pelican Lake, MN is strongly conservative.
Grant County, Minnesota is strongly 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.
Pelican Lake, Minnesota: r r d 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 if the Democratic Party candidate won and I if the Independent Party candidate won. 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 Pelican Lake, MN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 113 contributions totaling $6,966 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $62 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 16 contributions totaling $2,645 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $165 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)