Leiding, MN is a small city with a population of about 5,000 people. The city is served by a mayor-council form of government. The city council is made up of six elected members from the community and the mayor is directly elected by the citizens of Leiding every two years. The primary role of the mayor and city council is to make decisions that will benefit the people of Leiding and ensure that local laws and regulations are enforced in order to keep the citizens safe and maintain public health. The current mayor, Bill Johnson, has been in office since 2017 and has worked hard to improve Leiding’s infrastructure, while also advocating for policies that promote economic growth. Additionally, there are several political candidates running for city council positions this year who have pledged to work toward making Leiding even better if they are elected. This election season is sure to be an important one for the future of Leiding as citizens decide who will take on the responsibility of representing their best interests in local government.
The political climate in Leiding, 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
Leiding, 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.
Leiding, 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 Leiding, MN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 52 contributions totaling $6,973 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $134 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 8 contributions totaling $1,150 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $144 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)