Orono, Minnesota is a vibrant and growing community located near Minneapolis. It has a strong focus on education and boasts many public and private schools. The city is governed by an elected mayor and six-member City Council who serve two-year terms. The City Council holds regular meetings to discuss community initiatives, review ordinances, make policy decisions, approve budgets, and address other important municipal issues. Local elections are held every two years to elect a new mayor and council members. Voters also have the opportunity to vote for state representatives and senators in state elections. Orono residents have the opportunity to be active in their local government with voting, attending meetings, or running for office themselves. By participating in local politics, citizens can help shape the future of their community and create positive change.
The political climate in Orono, 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
Orono, 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.
Orono, 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 Orono, MN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 8,494 contributions totaling $3,091,492 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $364 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 4,039 contributions totaling $4,328,783 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $1,072 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)