Lutsen, MN is a small town located in the Arrowhead region along the beautiful North Shore of Lake Superior. Politically, Lutsen is a part of Cook County, which leans heavily toward Republican views and candidates. Currently there is no local political candidate for this area, but the county鈥檚 state representatives are elected by the citizens of Lutsen. The current representatives are Democrats and have been in office since 2013. They have focused on improving infrastructure and providing better access to education and healthcare for their constituents. While there may not be any local politics present in Lusen, it is still an active participant in state politics through its representatives.
The political climate in Lutsen, MN is somewhat 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
Lutsen, MN is somewhat liberal.
Cook County, Minnesota is very 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.
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 if the Democratic Party candidate won and I if the Independent Party candidate won. 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 Lutsen, MN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 178 contributions totaling $25,296 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $142 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)