St. Louis, MN County is a vibrant community with an engaged population. The county has a strong political presence, with a number of local public offices held by well-known politicians who are passionate about serving their constituents. Each election cycle brings new candidates to the table and citizens are encouraged to vote on issues that affect them directly. Local discussions often focus on topics such as education funding, transportation infrastructure, environmental policies, public safety concerns, and economic development initiatives. Residents take pride in their county's progress and are eager to see all of their elected officials doing the best job they can for the people of St. Louis, MN County.
The political climate in 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
St. Louis County, MN 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.
St. Louis, 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 for the Democrat and I for the Independent. 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 St. Louis County, MN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 9,034 contributions totaling $648,572 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $72 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 2,102 contributions totaling $616,808 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $293 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)