The small town of Chisholm, MN has a population of 5,557 and is a quiet and picturesque community surrounded by miles of rolling hills. The political scene in Chisholm is dominated by local politics; the city's mayor is elected from within the city every four years. The current mayor is Joe Pikula, who was re-elected in 2018 for his third term and has held office since 2010. Other local elected officials include two City Council members, three school board members, and one county commissioner. The local politicians work hard to ensure that all of the residents of Chisholm are well taken care of and that they have access to quality services. They also strive to meet the needs of businesses in the area, helping them grow and create jobs for the citizens. Community events like farmers' markets or art fairs are often sponsored by these local politicians so that people can come together as a community to enjoy themselves and celebrate their shared history and culture.
The political climate in Zip 55719 (Chisholm, 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 55719 (Chisholm, MN) is somewhat liberal.
Chisholm, 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.
Chisholm, 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 55719 (Chisholm)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 71 contributions totaling $2,204 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $31 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 47 contributions totaling $2,987 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $64 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)