International Falls, MN is a small city of approximately 6,000 people located on the Minnesota-Ontario border. This tight-knit community is proud of its rich history and culture, which can be seen in the many historic sites around town. Politically, International Falls has a strong local government with representatives from both major parties at the helm. The City Council consists of seven members representing all areas of the community and there are also county commissioners for Koochiching County that serve the citizens of International Falls. In addition to these local elected officials, there are state representatives from District 6A who represent International Falls at the state level as well as federal representatives who serve in Congress and represent Minnesota’s 8th Congressional District. Overall, International Falls has a very engaged local political climate with leaders from both major parties working together to ensure that their constituents have a voice in government.
The political climate in International Falls, MN is somewhat conservative.
Koochiching County, MN is moderately conservative. In Koochiching County, MN 38.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 59.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Koochiching county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 59.7% to 38.4%.
Koochiching county voted Republican again in 2020, after voting Democratic in 2012, 2008, and 2004.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
International Falls, MN is somewhat conservative.
Koochiching County, Minnesota is moderately 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.
International Falls, Minnesota: r d D d 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 International Falls, MN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 318 contributions totaling $18,503 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $58 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 36 contributions totaling $3,620 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $101 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)