In 55372 Prior Lake, MN, politics are an important part of the local environment. The city is located in Scott County and is governed by a mayor and four-person City Council elected by citizens of the community. These representatives work together to ensure that the needs and interests of Prior Lake residents are met. Throughout the year, several political events such as town hall meetings and candidate forums are held to provide residents with an opportunity to meet their government representatives and learn more about local issues. In addition, citizens can also participate in local elections, giving them a direct say in how their city is run. Political engagement is encouraged throughout the community to ensure that all voices have an important role in shaping the future of Prior Lake.
The political climate in Zip 55372 (Prior Lake, MN) is somewhat conservative.
Scott County, MN is leaning conservative. In Scott County, MN 45.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 52.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Scott county remained moderately Republican, 52.1% to 45.5%.
Scott county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 55372 (Prior Lake, MN) is somewhat conservative.
Prior Lake, Minnesota is somewhat conservative.
Scott County, Minnesota is leaning conservative.
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.
Prior Lake, Minnesota: R R R R R r
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 55372 (Prior Lake)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 964 contributions totaling $1,069,434 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $1,109 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 544 contributions totaling $690,588 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $1,269 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)