Cook, Minnesota is a small city located in St. Louis County, with a population of 557 as of the 2010 census. It is part of the larger Duluth metropolitan area and is home to many small businesses, parks, and recreational areas. Politically, Cook is a swing town that often sees close races between local candidates from both major parties. Local elections tend to be highly contested and heavily scrutinized by local residents. This year’s local election will certainly be no different, with several candidates vying for various positions in the city government. Residents of Cook are sure to pay close attention to the upcoming election season which promises to bring an exciting race for political office.
The political climate in Zip 55723 (Cook, 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 55723 (Cook, MN) is leaning liberal.
Cook, 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.
Cook, 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 55723 (Cook)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 247 contributions totaling $11,338 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $46 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 10 contributions totaling $1,091 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $109 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)