Proctor, Minnesota is a small city located in St. Louis county with a population of roughly 2,800 people. Even though the population size is relatively small, the politics in Proctor are just as important to its citizens as any other city. Local candidates for office focus on issues such as public safety, job growth, and infrastructure improvements that directly affect the citizens of Proctor. There have been many political debates and campaigns held recently to discuss these matters and to ensure that everyone's voice is heard. The local politicians strive to represent their constituents’ interests in an unbiased manner when making certain decisions regarding their hometown.
The political climate in Proctor, 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
Proctor, 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.
Proctor, 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 Proctor, MN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 336 contributions totaling $30,035 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $89 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 148 contributions totaling $32,724 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $221 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)