The small town of Lutsen, MN (55612) is tucked away in the North Shore of Lake Superior and serves as a popular tourist destination. Although Lutsen may be one of the smaller towns in Minnesota, it still maintains its political voice with regularly scheduled elections for local politicians. Recent elections have seen candidates running for mayor, city council seats, and other important positions that represent the people of Lutsen. As a small community, these local politicians are committed to improving infrastructure, enacting environmentally friendly initiatives, and building off of the success of local businesses to ensure that Lutsen continues to thrive. By voting on candidates who share similar values and goals towards making life better for all residents of Lutsen, it helps keep the town on track with quality leadership representing its people.
The political climate in Zip 55612 (Lutsen, MN) is moderately liberal.
Cook County, MN is very liberal. In Cook County, MN 65.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 31.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Cook county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 65.6% to 31.6%.
Cook county voted Democratic in the last five Presidential elections, after voting Republican in 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 55612 (Lutsen, MN) is moderately liberal.
Lutsen, Minnesota is moderately liberal.
Cook County, Minnesota is very 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.
Lutsen, Minnesota: r 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 55612 (Lutsen)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 75 contributions totaling $11,135 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $148 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)