Eden Prairie, Minnesota is a city located in the Twin Cities metropolitan area. It has a population of over 62,000 people and is known for its beautiful parks and trails, diverse restaurants, and exceptional schools. It also has a vibrant political scene with numerous local candidates running for office each year. In recent years the two main parties that have represented Eden Prairie are the Democratic-Farmer-Labor (DFL) party and the Republican Party of Minnesota. Each year these two parties put forward candidates to represent their views on important local issues such as education, infrastructure development, public safety, and economic growth. The current mayor is Phil Young who was elected in 2019 as a Democrat. He has been involved in state politics since 2004 and has implemented various initiatives to improve quality of life in Eden Prairie. Additionally, there are several local races each year ranging from Police Chief to City Council that involve an array of candidates from both major parties vying for support from voters around town. With so much enthusiasm for politics in Eden Prairie it’s no surprise that many locals are passionate about ensuring their voices are heard when it comes to making decisions at the local level.
The political climate in Eden Prairie, MN is moderately 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
Eden Prairie, MN is moderately 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.
Eden Prairie, 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 Eden Prairie, MN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 6,852 contributions totaling $994,568 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $145 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 2,447 contributions totaling $1,617,745 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $661 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)