The small city of Duluth, MN (55812) is home to many diverse political ideals and opinions. The local community has several representatives from both major political parties that are actively involved in the local government and work to ensure the residents have a voice at all levels of government. The area has seen an influx of candidates running for a variety of positions in recent years, with many new faces entering the political arena and old ones making their mark again. Many issues such as economic growth, environmental protection, public safety, and education are discussed among these candidates in order to ensure the best solutions for the city come forward. Duluth is a place where people can come together regardless of political affiliation to discuss what is best for their community.
The political climate in Zip 55812 (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 55812 (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 55812 (Duluth)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,534 contributions totaling $82,610 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $54 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 163 contributions totaling $41,098 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $252 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)