Hoyt Lakes is a small city in Minnesota with a population of around 1,100 people. The local politics are managed by the City Council, which consists of five members and a mayor who all serve two year terms. Elections are held every two years to determine the new leadership. The current mayor, Matt Johnson, was elected in 2018. He has been instrumental in introducing several initiatives to improve the quality of life for local residents. He initiated programs to reduce energy costs and has worked on ways to make the city more environmentally conscious. Additionally, Mayor Johnson launched an infrastructure project that will provide computer access to all households in the city. This will allow for greater access to educational resources and economic opportunities for Hoyt Lakes citizens.
The political climate in Hoyt Lakes, 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
Hoyt Lakes, 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.
Hoyt Lakes, 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 Hoyt Lakes, MN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 12 contributions totaling $456 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $38 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 58 contributions totaling $4,575 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $79 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)