The city of Duluth, Minnesota, located in zip code 55805, is an important hub for local politics. The most recent mayoral election in 2019 saw the incumbent Emily Larson win her third term in office, continuing a tenure that has seen increased investment in infrastructure and public safety initiatives. City Council seats are filled by seven members elected from across the city's four wards - which also serve as districts for state representatives and senators. Elected officials prioritize issues like transportation, housing affordability, education policies, and economic development. Duluth is home to many organizations advocating for progressive causes and environmental sustainability. In addition to their work on local campaigns, these groups organize public forums and rallies to bring attention to important issues like social justice and climate change.
The political climate in Zip 55805 (Duluth, MN) is moderately 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 55805 (Duluth, MN) is moderately liberal.
Duluth, Minnesota is moderately 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.
Duluth, 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 55805 (Duluth)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 493 contributions totaling $27,111 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $55 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 15 contributions totaling $3,178 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $212 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)