Hermantown, Minnesota is a small city located just outside of Duluth. Its government is led by an elected city council that meets regularly to discuss and develop policies for the community. The local political landscape in Hermantown is comprised of various organizations, such as the Hermantown City Council, the Hermantown Community Association and the Greater Hermantown Chamber of Commerce. In addition, there are opportunities for citizens to get involved in local politics through voting in local elections or getting involved with a local campaign. Each election cycle, residents can vote to fill positions on the City Council, where members work to make decisions on behalf of the community. By participating in these democratic processes, citizens have their voice heard and can ensure that their best interests are represented.
The political climate in Hermantown, MN is leaning liberal.
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
Hermantown, MN is leaning liberal.
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.
Hermantown, 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 Hermantown, MN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,316 contributions totaling $103,606 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $79 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 406 contributions totaling $104,218 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $257 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)