Politics in Camp 5, MN, are of great importance to the local community. With a current population of over 8,000 citizens, it is imperative that candidates running for local offices have a good understanding of the needs and concerns of the people living in the area. Currently, the mayor of Camp 5 is Jessica Evans and she has been in office since 2018. The City Council consists of six members who are elected from wards within the city. Additionally, there are two state representatives and one senator for this district. With an active Democratic and Republican party presence, Camp 5 is a vibrant political center with passionate debates surrounding local issues like education, public safety, taxes, economic development, and environmental protection.
The political climate in Camp 5, MN is leaning conservative.
St. Louis County, MN is somewhat liberal. In St. Louis County, MN 56.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 41.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, St. Louis county remained very strongly Democratic, 56.6% to 41.0%.
St. Louis county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Camp 5, MN is leaning conservative.
St. Louis County, Minnesota is somewhat liberal.
Duluth Metro Area is somewhat 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.
Camp 5, Minnesota: D 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 Camp 5, MN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 52 contributions totaling $6,973 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $134 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 8 contributions totaling $1,150 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $144 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)