Plymouth, MN is a vibrant city located in the Twin Cities Metropolitan area of Minnesota. It boasts a diverse population of over 75,000 citizens and is known for its lively downtown area and beautiful parks and nature trails. Politically, Plymouth is part of Hennepin County which has traditionally leaned Democratic in local elections. As such, most of the local political candidates running for office in 2020 are Democrats or affiliated with the Democratic party. Plymouth has two state representatives from District 45A and one state senator from District 45 who are all Democrats. The city also elects six members to serve on their City Council. In recent years, Plymouth has seen an increased interest in local politics, as many citizens have become more involved in the decision-making process that affects their community.
The political climate in Plymouth, 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
Plymouth, 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.
Plymouth, 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 Plymouth, MN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 6,268 contributions totaling $576,183 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $92 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,519 contributions totaling $910,275 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $599 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)