Vadnais Heights, Minnesota is a vibrant community located just north of the Twin Cities metro area. Located in Ramsey County, the city has a population that is historically diverse and growing. With the growth in population comes an increased interest in local politics. The city council serves as the governing body for Vadnais Heights and is made up of seven elected officials who serve two-year terms. They are responsible for establishing policy, setting goals, and dedicated to making Vadnais Heights a better place to live, work, and play. The council meets regularly throughout the year and provides support to various boards and commissions which focus on specific issues such as economic development, parks & recreation, public safety, transportation, and zoning. Residents of Vadnais Heights have many opportunities to get involved with local politics by attending meetings or becoming a part of one of these boards or commissions. Allowing residents to become active participants in their own governance helps ensure that decisions are made with their best interests in mind.
The political climate in Vadnais Heights, MN is moderately liberal.
Ramsey County, MN is very liberal. In Ramsey County, MN 71.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 26.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Ramsey county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 71.5% to 26.1%.
Ramsey county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Vadnais Heights, MN is moderately liberal.
Ramsey County, Minnesota is very 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.
Vadnais Heights, 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 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 Vadnais Heights, MN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 8,598 contributions totaling $830,126 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $97 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 2,403 contributions totaling $752,026 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $313 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)