Floodwood, MN is a small town located in central Minnesota with a population of just over 1,400 people. Despite its small size, Floodwood is an important part of the political landscape of Minnesota. The town is served by the local government of St. Louis County and elects representatives to represent it in both the state senate and house of representatives. These representatives work hard to ensure that Floodwood receives the resources it needs to keep its citizens safe and thriving. In addition to state elected officials, Floodwood has a long history of electing local leaders to serve on the city council and mayor's office. The current mayor is John Jorgensen who was elected in 2017 and will serve until 2021. The council members consist of three wardens from each district plus two at-large members. They work together to pass legislation that benefits all of Floodwood's citizens while also creating economic growth initiatives for businesses and residents alike.
The political climate in Floodwood, 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
Floodwood, 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.
Floodwood, 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 Floodwood, MN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 21 contributions totaling $914 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $44 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1 contributions totaling $250 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $250 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)