55802 Duluth, MN is located in Saint Louis County and is part of the 6th congressional district. Politically, the area leans Democratic. In 2018, current Congressman Sean Patrick Maloney won 64% of the vote in this district during the general election. The city also recently elected Emily Larson as their mayor for another four-year term in 2017 with an overwhelming majority of 72%. In addition to representing the area on a state and federal level, there are several local political organizations such as the Saint Louis County Democrats that work to raise awareness about local issues and support progressive initiatives. There are many opportunities for citizens to get involved in politics at all levels of government in 55802 Duluth, MN.
The political climate in Zip 55802 (Duluth, 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 55802 (Duluth, MN) is somewhat liberal.
Duluth, 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.
Duluth, 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 55802 (Duluth)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 246 contributions totaling $29,881 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $121 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 66 contributions totaling $55,355 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $839 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)