Hibbing, Minnesota is a small town located in the Iron Range region of the state, with a population of around 16,000 people. Although it is a relatively small town, Hibbing has an active and engaged political scene. The city is part of Minnesota’s 8th congressional district and voters in Hibbing have been represented by long-time Congressman Rick Nolan since 2013. On the state level, Hibbing is part of District 6b and is currently represented by Senator David Tomassoni and Representatives Jason Metsa and Rob Ecklund. The city also has a mayor appointed by its city council and various other local elected officials that govern the day to day operations of the city. With such an active political presence, citizens of Hibbing are always kept abreast on the most important issues facing their community.
The political climate in Hibbing, 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
Hibbing, 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.
Hibbing, 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 Hibbing, MN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 284 contributions totaling $8,900 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $31 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 157 contributions totaling $27,945 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $178 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)