Midway Township in St. Louis County, Minnesota is a small community with a population of about 2,700 people. The township is governed by a Board of Supervisors, which is composed of five members elected by the residents in each precinct during the general election. Each member is elected to serve four-year terms on the board. The board is responsible for setting policies and procedures governing the township’s operations as well as appointing an Administrator who oversees the day-to-day activities of the township. Issues that have been addressed by the Board in recent years include road maintenance, waste management, zoning regulations and economic development opportunities for businesses to locate within Midway Township's boundaries. Local politics are largely focused on finding ways to improve services for residents and supporting local businesses and community organizations.
The political climate in Midway township (St. Louis County), 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
Midway township (St. Louis County), 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.
Midway township (St. Louis County), 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 Midway township (St. Louis County), MN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 120 contributions totaling $14,224 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $119 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 122 contributions totaling $26,338 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $216 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)