Duluth, Minnesota is a city located in St Louis County. It has a diverse and vibrant political landscape that represents the different interests and perspectives of its citizens. The city is represented by a mayor and nine city council members, who are elected from seven wards throughout the city. Additionally, Duluth elects representatives to the Minnesota House of Representatives and Senate as well as the U.S House of Representatives. All of these officials work together to create meaningful change in Duluth by advocating for policies that will benefit the residents of 55811, such as improved infrastructure and economic development. Duluth also regularly hosts public events like town halls or debates which allow for citizens to engage with their local politicians and voice their opinions on important issues. Through initiatives like these, Duluth's diverse population continues to be informed about current politics and is able to make an impact on local legislation.
The political climate in Zip 55811 (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 55811 (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 55811 (Duluth)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,250 contributions totaling $93,817 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $75 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 310 contributions totaling $79,965 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $258 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)