Loretto, MN is a small town located just outside of Minneapolis and is home to about 1,500 people. The government in Loretto is run by a five-member City Council which includes the Mayor and four Council Members. The Mayor of Loretto is Kelly Beissel, who was elected in 2018. Each Council Member serves for three years and they are responsible for making decisions regarding the local budget, setting policies, and managing city services such as water, sewer, police and fire departments. In addition to these five members of the City Council there are other roles within the politics of Loretto such as the City Clerk, Treasurer and Auditor. These roles are appointed by the mayor and serve at his or her discretion. Loretto citizens also have the opportunity to get involved in politics through participating in local elections and attending monthly council meetings. By staying informed on current issues and expressing their opinions at these meetings, citizens can help shape the future of their community.
The political climate in Loretto, MN is somewhat liberal.
Hennepin County, MN is very liberal. In Hennepin County, MN 70.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 27.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Hennepin county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 70.5% to 27.2%.
Hennepin county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Loretto, MN is somewhat liberal.
Hennepin County, Minnesota is very liberal.
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington Metro Area is moderately 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.
Loretto, 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 Loretto, MN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 31 contributions totaling $2,399 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $77 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 85 contributions totaling $154,381 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $1,816 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)