Hibbing, Minnesota is located in St. Louis County and is home to just over 16,000 people. This small city has a strong political presence, with many local candidates running for public office. The Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party (DFL) dominates the political scene in Hibbing, with many of the most recent elections being won by DFL candidates. Since 2004, the mayor of Hibbing has been Bob Vlaisavljevich from the DFL party. He has been re-elected several times since taking office and continues to work hard on behalf of Hibbing residents. Additionally, there are plenty of state representatives from Hibbing who have been elected as part of the DFL party as well. From local school boards to higher levels of government, it's clear that DFL candidates are favored in Hibbing and have been successful in their campaigns throughout its history.
The political climate in Zip 55746 (Hibbing, 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 55746 (Hibbing, MN) is leaning liberal.
Hibbing, 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.
Hibbing, 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 55746 (Hibbing)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 284 contributions totaling $8,900 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $31 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 157 contributions totaling $27,945 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $178 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)