Clinton township in St. Louis County, Minnesota is a small rural community with a strong sense of local pride and a high level of political engagement. The township is governed by an elected board of supervisors who are responsible for enacting local laws, managing the budget, and providing services for its citizens. Elections in the township are highly contested with multiple candidates vying for the position every two years. Local residents have the opportunity to vote on a variety of issues from bond referendums to school levies and other important decisions that affect the quality of life in this community. Clinton Township has had a long history of being heavily involved in state-level politics as well, regularly electing representatives to both the Minnesota House and Senate. In recent elections, candidates from both major parties have represented their constituencies with enthusiasm and dedication to protecting the values that make Clinton Township such a great place to live.
The political climate in Clinton township (St. Louis County), 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
Clinton township (St. Louis County), 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.
Clinton township (St. Louis County), 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 Clinton township (St. Louis County), MN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 125 contributions totaling $15,312 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $123 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 88 contributions totaling $17,988 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $204 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)