The politics in 55779 Saginaw, MN are centered around local issues that affect the community. The city council is the main body which works to address these matters, and it is made up of representatives from each of the wards within the city limits. Each member serves a four-year term, and elections are held every two years for half of the seats on the council. There are also several state legislative districts located within the area, and residents have representatives in both houses at the state level. All members of this legislative body serve two-year terms, with elections occurring every other year. Additionally, there is an elected mayor who serves a four-year term and can be reelected as many times as possible. All in all, Saginaw has an active political scene that is dedicated to serving its citizens through thoughtful legislation and policy initiatives.
The political climate in Zip 55779 (Saginaw, 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 55779 (Saginaw, MN) is leaning liberal.
Saginaw, 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.
Saginaw, 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 55779 (Saginaw)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 92 contributions totaling $2,991 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $33 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 17 contributions totaling $3,111 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $183 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)