In 55711 Brookston, MN politics are largely influenced by local residents and the state government. The citizens of 55711 Brookston, MN take part in the decision-making process for many aspects of their community, from public safety to education needs. Residents are often encouraged to become engaged in the political process and to voice their opinions and concerns through town hall meetings, civic forums, and other proceedings. The Minnesota state government provides legislative representation for 55711 Brookston, MN with a group of senators and representatives who act as a liaison between the local community and state-level interests. Elections for local officials are held on a regular basis when residents can cast their vote for candidates that best represent their values and interests. Local issues such as zoning decisions, tax initiatives, and public safety concerns are all addressed at both the local and state level. 55711 Brookston, MN residents work together to ensure a healthy political environment that allows progress to be made through informed policies created by elected officials.
The political climate in Zip 55711 (Brookston, 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 55711 (Brookston, MN) is leaning liberal.
Brookston, 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.
Brookston, 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 55711 (Brookston)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $0 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)