St. Louis Park, MN is a city located in Hennepin County, with a population estimated to be around 48,000. The city is governed by the St. Louis Park City Council, which consists of six council members who are elected at-large by the public and serve four-year terms. The mayor of St. Louis Park is Jake Spano, who was first elected in 2017 and recently reelected for a second term in 2020. The City Council oversees all aspects of local government including public safety, infrastructure management, and social services. In addition to the City Council, there are various other political organizations within St. Louis Park such as the League of Women Voters St. Louis Park which works to inform citizens about key issues related to voting rights in Minnesota and encourages civic engagement on a local level.
The political climate in Zip 55426 (St. Louis Park, MN) is strongly liberal.
Hennepin County, MN is very liberal. In Hennepin County, MN 70.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 27.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Hennepin county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 70.5% to 27.2%.
Hennepin county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 55426 (St. Louis Park, MN) is strongly liberal.
St. Louis Park, Minnesota is strongly liberal.
Hennepin 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.
St. Louis Park, 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 55426 (St. Louis Park)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,047 contributions totaling $130,404 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $64 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 50 contributions totaling $14,711 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $294 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)