The small city of Britt, MN (55710) is a close-knit community with a population of fewer than 500 people. The local politics here are largely focused on the betterment of the community. Local officials strive to ensure that all citizens have access to basic services and resources, as well as providing support for local businesses and organizations. The city has an active mayor who works closely with the City Council to devise policies that will benefit the citizens of Britt. Local political candidates in 55710 Britt, MN are typically selected by the Mayor and City Council, who then work together to develop policy ideas that will improve the city. In addition to local elections, residents participate in state and national elections as well. Overall, politics in 55710 Britt, MN is focused on improving quality of life for all its citizens through thoughtful policymaking and civic engagement.
The political climate in Zip 55710 (Britt, 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 55710 (Britt, MN) is leaning liberal.
Britt, 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.
Britt, 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 55710 (Britt)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 28 contributions totaling $17,082 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $610 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)