Mahtomedi is a city in Washington County, Minnesota with a population of 8,023. It is governed by an elected five-member City Council and Mayor. Every two years, the residents of Mahtomedi have the opportunity to elect new representatives to serve on the City Council and Mayor. These elected officials are responsible for making decisions that will shape the future of Mahtomedi, such as determining annual budgets, crafting local ordinances and laws, approving land use plans and development projects, and overseeing department heads and other appointed positions. These officials are also tasked with providing services to citizens that are important to a quality living environment including parks, schools, public safety services, libraries, and infrastructure maintenance. The City of Mahtomedi is committed to transparency in its governance process so that all residents can be involved in the decision-making process.
The political climate in Mahtomedi, MN is leaning conservative.
Washington County, MN is somewhat liberal. In Washington County, MN 53.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 44.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Washington county remained moderately Democratic, 53.5% to 44.2%.
Washington county voted Democratic in the four most recent Presidential elections, after 2000 and 2004 went Republican.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Mahtomedi, MN is leaning conservative.
Washington County, Minnesota is somewhat liberal.
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington Metro Area is moderately 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.
Mahtomedi, Minnesota: r r 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 Mahtomedi, MN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 3,794 contributions totaling $390,347 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $103 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 962 contributions totaling $372,121 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $387 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)