The town of 55707 Barnum, MN is a small community located in the northern part of Minnesota. Despite its size, Barnum has an active political climate, with local residents engaging in civic discourse about important local issues. The city is served by the Carlton County government and commissioners elected to represent their various wards. Residents also have the opportunity to vote for state representatives and senators who will represent them at a higher level of government. In addition to voting in elections, Barnum residents are encouraged to participate actively in civic engagement activities such as attending town hall meetings and engaging with their local representatives on issues that affect their community. As a result, even though it is a small city, Barnum is an active participant in the political process and plays an important role in shaping the future of Minnesota.
The political climate in Zip 55707 (Barnum, MN) is somewhat conservative.
Carlton County, MN is leaning liberal. In Carlton County, MN 49.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 48.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Carlton county remained narrowly Democratic, 49.6% to 48.1%.
Carlton county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 55707 (Barnum, MN) is somewhat conservative.
Barnum, Minnesota is somewhat conservative.
Carlton County, Minnesota is leaning 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.
Barnum, 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 55707 (Barnum)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 22 contributions totaling $1,798 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $82 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 35 contributions totaling $2,966 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $85 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)