The city of Cloquet, MN (55720) is home to a diverse group of citizens who are passionate about their local politics. The city council is responsible for the local policies and laws that govern the daily lives of its citizens. The council consists of seven members who are elected by residents in non-partisan elections every four years. On the state level, Cloquet is part of Minnesota's 8th congressional district and has been represented by Pete Stauber since 2018. At the national level, it is part of Minnesota's 8th Congressional District, which has been represented by Rick Nolan since 2013. As a progressive community, Cloquet citizens take social issues seriously when voting for politicians, especially those related to education and health care reform. Residents also take an active interest in the environment and are dedicated to preserving and protecting natural resources throughout the state.
The political climate in Zip 55720 (Cloquet, MN) is leaning 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 55720 (Cloquet, MN) is leaning conservative.
Cloquet, Minnesota is leaning 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.
Cloquet, 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 55720 (Cloquet)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 410 contributions totaling $38,435 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $94 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 66 contributions totaling $13,893 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $211 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)