The small town of Northome, MN (zip code 56661) is governed by a mayor and four city council members who are elected to serve two-year terms. The current mayor, Bob Johnson, has been in office since 2016 and is running for re-election this fall. The city council consists of four members: Bill Smith, Julia Lopez, Tom Anderson, and Mary White. Each person brings different perspectives to the table when it comes to making decisions that affect the town. Issues such as public safety, infrastructure development, and local business regulations are discussed at meetings throughout the year. Northome citizens take an active role in local politics by voting on ballot measures or attending the council meetings where their voices can be heard.
The political climate in Zip 56661 (Northome, MN) is moderately conservative.
Koochiching County, MN is moderately conservative. In Koochiching County, MN 38.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 59.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Koochiching county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 59.7% to 38.4%.
Koochiching county voted Republican again in 2020, after voting Democratic in 2012, 2008, and 2004.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 56661 (Northome, MN) is moderately conservative.
Northome, Minnesota is moderately conservative.
Koochiching County, Minnesota is moderately conservative.
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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.
Northome, Minnesota: r d D d R R
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 56661 (Northome)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 16 contributions totaling $1,991 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $124 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 10 contributions totaling $800 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $80 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)