Lutsen Township, in Minnesota's Cook County, is a rural area known for its scenic beauty and outdoor recreation. While the community may be small, it has an active political environment with many local residents participating in civic engagement. Every two years, the town holds elections to select their representatives for the Lutsen Township board. These elected officials represent the interests of the residents and provide decision-making power to update township codes and ordinances. Additionally, the board members are responsible for maintaining public infrastructure including roads and water systems. They also work with state and county agencies to ensure that important services like health care, public safety, and garbage collection remain available to all residents of Lutsen Township.
The political climate in Lutsen township, MN is somewhat liberal.
Cook County, MN is very liberal. In Cook County, MN 65.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 31.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Cook county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 65.6% to 31.6%.
Cook county voted Democratic in the last five Presidential elections, after voting Republican in 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Lutsen township, MN is somewhat liberal.
Cook County, Minnesota is very 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.
Lutsen township, Minnesota: r d 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 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 Lutsen township, MN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 356 contributions totaling $50,592 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $142 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)