The city of Duluth, Minnesota has a population of around 86,000 people and is located in the state's northeast corner along Lake Superior. With a history that dates back to the late 1800s, Duluth was historically an industrial port city with industries such as iron ore mining, shipping and timber dominating the local economy. In recent decades, the city has diversified its economy and become increasingly focused on tourism and health care. Politically, Duluth leans heavily Democratic in elections at both the federal and state level. This is reflected in its representation at the state legislature with all seven representatives from Duluth being Democrats. At a local level, voters in 55806 can cast their ballots for mayor, city council members and other elected positions. The candidates running for office typically have platforms that focus on improving amenities within the community while also promoting economic development and sustainability.
The political climate in Zip 55806 (Duluth, MN) is somewhat 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
Zip 55806 (Duluth, MN) is somewhat liberal.
Duluth, Minnesota is somewhat 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.
Duluth, 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 zip 55806 (Duluth)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 456 contributions totaling $17,783 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $39 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 22 contributions totaling $9,345 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $425 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)