Woodbury, Minnesota is a mid-sized city located in the Twin Cities metropolitan area. It is known for its vibrant community and diverse population. As such, Woodbury boasts a wide variety of different political viewpoints. The local political landscape consists of many different players including city council members, state representatives, and senators who all influence the future of Woodbury via their policy decisions. There are also municipal boards and county commissioners that provide important oversight to ensure the city's citizens are well served by their elected leaders. All of these entities work together to create an environment where individuals can voice their opinion on the issues they care about most. The current political climate in Woodbury is one of collaboration and cooperation as elected officials from all levels strive to come together in order to improve the quality of life within the city.
The political climate in Woodbury, MN is leaning liberal.
Washington County, MN is somewhat liberal. In Washington County, MN 53.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 44.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Washington county remained moderately Democratic, 53.5% to 44.2%.
Washington county voted Democratic in the four most recent Presidential elections, after 2000 and 2004 went Republican.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Woodbury, MN is leaning liberal.
Washington County, Minnesota is somewhat 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.
Woodbury, Minnesota: r r 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 Woodbury, MN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,169 contributions totaling $204,017 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $94 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,027 contributions totaling $227,881 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $222 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)