Hopkins, Minnesota is a small city with a population of approximately 17,750. It is situated on the west bank of the Mississippi River and is part of Hennepin County. Politics in Hopkins are generally run by local political candidates that run for office in various positions such as mayor and city council members. These positions are up for election every two years and voters can cast their ballots to choose who they want to represent them during this time. The mayor of Hopkins is currently Jerry Von Korff, and his term ends in 2021. The City Council consists of seven elected members, all committed to ensuring that Hopkins thrives and continues to be a great place to live. Issues and initiatives taken on by the City Council range from infrastructure improvements such as street repairs or safety programs like increased police presence, to economic growth projects such as developing new businesses or expanding existing ones.
The political climate in Hopkins, 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
Hopkins, MN 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.
Hopkins, 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 Hopkins, MN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 7,484 contributions totaling $981,637 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $131 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,017 contributions totaling $427,358 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $420 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)