Howard Lake, MN is a small town located in the central part of the state. It has a rich political history and is home to many active citizens who are engaged in local politics. Recently, there have been various initiatives to promote civic participation and encourage people to become more involved in their local area. The city council recently passed a measure that would increase transparency in government operations by opening up public records and making them available online for citizens to review. The mayor has also held several town hall meetings where residents can voice their concerns and be heard by elected officials. Additionally, the Mayor and City Council organize regular events related to political topics such as education reform, climate change, health care reform, economic development, public services, and more. These events allow citizens to learn more about current issues facing Howard Lake and how they can take action to support what they believe in.
The political climate in Zip 55349 (Howard Lake, MN) is strongly conservative.
Wright County, MN is strongly conservative. In Wright County, MN 34.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 63.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Wright county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 63.1% to 34.5%.
Wright county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 55349 (Howard Lake, MN) is strongly conservative.
Howard Lake, Minnesota is strongly conservative.
Wright County, Minnesota is strongly 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.
Howard 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 55349 (Howard Lake)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1 contributions totaling $0 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 33 contributions totaling $5,625 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $170 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)