The small town of 55603 Finland, MN is home to a population of around 350 people. Politically, the town is part of the greater Cook County and Saint Louis County area. Not many local political candidates are running for office in this area because it is relatively small. However, the state and federal politicians that represent the area are actively involved in their respective campaigns and serve as a voice for the citizens of 55603 Finland, MN. The local government works closely with state representatives to ensure that their voices are heard and that legislation is supported or opposed as necessary. As part of Minnesota's 8th district, residents are able to benefit from meaningful national representation within Congress.
The political climate in Zip 55603 (Finland, MN) is leaning conservative.
Lake County, MN is leaning liberal. In Lake County, MN 50.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 47.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Lake county remained Democratic, 50.6% to 47.1%.
Lake county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 55603 (Finland, MN) is leaning conservative.
Finland, Minnesota is leaning conservative.
Lake County, Minnesota is leaning liberal.
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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.
Finland, 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 55603 (Finland)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 133 contributions totaling $6,221 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $47 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)