The town of 55705 Aurora, MN is a rural community located in the Iron Range region of northern Minnesota. The community is made up of mainly small family farms and a few businesses. Politically the town leans towards conservative values and has elected mainly Republican representatives to their local and state offices. The main issues facing the town are economic development, infrastructure improvements, and tax reform. Local groups have come together to work on these issues and ensure that they stay top-of-mind within the political process. The town also benefit from its close proximity to larger cities like Duluth and St Cloud for additional resources and services. Overall, Aurora is proud of its small-town roots and continues to be an integral part of the region’s politics.
The political climate in Zip 55705 (Aurora, 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
Zip 55705 (Aurora, MN) is leaning liberal.
Aurora, Minnesota 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.
Aurora, 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 55705 (Aurora)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 19 contributions totaling $1,855 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $98 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 4 contributions totaling $151 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $38 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)