The city of Maplewood, MN is an expanding suburban community nestled just east of the Twin Cities metro area. The city is governed by a mayor and four council members who are elected by the residents every two years. The current mayor is Marylee Abrams, who has been in office since 2017. During her tenure, she has focused on improving public safety, increasing transparency in city government, and creating more economic opportunities for all the citizens of Maplewood. Additionally, the City Council works together to ensure that services are provided efficiently and fairly to all residents while also making sure that taxes remain as low as possible. There is an active political discussion in Maplewood that encourages vigorous debate between candidates over topics such as local infrastructure improvements, public safety initiatives, and economic development opportunities. Residents are encouraged to become involved with their local politics either by attending meetings or running for office themselves to ensure their voices are heard.
The political climate in Maplewood, 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
Maplewood, 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.
Maplewood, 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 Maplewood, MN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 12,050 contributions totaling $840,215 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $70 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,567 contributions totaling $542,276 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $346 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)