Ness, MN is a small town in southeastern Minnesota with a population of around 8,000 people. The town is served by the city council, which consists of seven members who are elected from the community to represent citizens and make decisions for the betterment of Ness. The council meets regularly to discuss local ordinances and policies regarding public safety, infrastructure, and other matters affecting the town. The mayor is also an elected position in Ness, with citizens voting for their preferred candidate every four years. Local candidates vying for political office bring important issues to light and work hard to ensure that their constituents’ needs are met. In addition, Ness residents stay informed about state and national politics so that they can vote for candidates who best exemplify their values.
The political climate in Ness, 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
Ness, 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.
Ness, 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 Ness, MN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 29 contributions totaling $1,536 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $53 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 8 contributions totaling $1,450 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $181 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)