Leonidas, MN is a small town located in the heart of Minnesota. It has a long history of political involvement and activism within its community. Its local government consists of two mayor-council members who oversee the day to day operations of the city. The council members are elected by the citizens living in Leonidas over a four year term, and they work hard to ensure that all residents have access to quality resources and services. In addition, Leonidas is home to numerous local political candidates who stand for different values and ideologies. These candidates take part in grassroots campaigning such as door-to-door canvassing and political rallies so that their message can be heard throughout Leonidas. Thus, politics in Leonidas are quite active and vibrant, representing a diverse array of perspectives from the people living there.
The political climate in Leonidas, 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
Leonidas, 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.
Leonidas, 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 Leonidas, MN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 67 contributions totaling $5,815 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $87 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 59 contributions totaling $15,481 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $262 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)