French, MN is a small town in the St. Croix Valley with a population of approximately 700 people. The local government is made up of the Mayor and four elected members who serve on the Town Council. The current Mayor is John Smith, who was elected in 2018 and has been serving ever since. The Town Council works closely with state and county representatives to ensure that French residents have access to essential services, such as roads and public safety. They are also responsible for creating laws which keep the community safe and prosperous. Local political candidates must be registered to vote with the county registrar's office before they can run for any office within French, MN. All elections are conducted by secret ballot and are overseen by an impartial board appointed by the Town Council.
The political climate in French, 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
French, 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.
French, 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 French, MN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 16 contributions totaling $1,954 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $122 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1 contributions totaling $230 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $230 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)