Cook, MN County is a diverse and vibrant community located in the northern part of Minnesota. It has a long history of political activism and engagement in local politics. Currently, the county is served by five members on the Cook County Board, an elected board that helps to guide the county's policy decisions. The board works with local government agencies, organizations, and residents to ensure that everyone’s needs are met. In addition to this board, the county also has two state representatives who work with state-level issues. These representatives take positions on issues such as healthcare reform, education funding, and environmental protection. Moreover, there are several recognized political parties in Cook County that have been active for many years, including Democratic-Farm-Labor Party (DFL), Independence Party of Minnesota (IPM), Green Party of Minnesota (GPM), and Libertarian Party of Minnesota (LPM). Ultimately, Cook County provides its citizens with a wide range of opportunities for civic engagement in order to help shape its future direction.
The political climate in 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
Cook County, MN is very liberal.
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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.
Cook, 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 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 Cook County, MN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 589 contributions totaling $57,041 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $97 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 57 contributions totaling $15,062 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $264 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)