McKinley, MN is a small rural town nestled in the rolling hills of northern Minnesota. The community is tightly knit and has a proud history of strong values such as faith, hard work, and neighborly kindness. Politics in McKinley is largely focused on local issues that affect the daily lives of its residents like economic development, education, health care reform, and protecting the environment. The city council meets twice monthly to discuss these matters and each year elects a mayor from among their members who will serve until the next election. McKinley's citizens are engaged in local politics and actively participate in political campaigns for county-wide offices like sheriff or county commissioner. Generally speaking, citizens in McKinley tend to favor candidates who prioritize issues that are important to them like maintaining quality public schools and preserving the area's natural beauty.
The political climate in McKinley, 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
McKinley, 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.
McKinley, 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 McKinley, MN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 58 contributions totaling $4,192 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $72 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 12 contributions totaling $2,800 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $233 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)