The town of Ellsburg, MN is a small community located in the northern part of the state. Although it is a small town, its local politics are very important to its citizens. The city's mayor is responsible for overseeing a full range of municipal services and ensuring that they are provided in an efficient and effective manner. The mayor works closely with the Ellsburg City Council, which is responsible for setting policy and taking action on matters pertaining to the city's governance, including passing ordinances, zoning regulations and other laws that affect the lives of Ellsburg residents. Local political candidates must be elected by the voters every two years in order to serve on the council. There are also various boards and committees within Ellsburg's government that allow citizens to have their voices heard on issues of importance to them. Overall, politics play an important role in maintaining a functional and healthy local government in this small but vibrant community.
The political climate in Ellsburg, 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
Ellsburg, 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.
Ellsburg, 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 Ellsburg, MN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 87 contributions totaling $7,040 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $81 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 90 contributions totaling $19,648 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $218 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)