Zimmerman, MN is a vibrant town located in central Minnesota with a population of approximately 8,000 people. It is home to many parks and recreational activities for families to enjoy. In terms of politics, Zimmerman is part of the 7th Congressional District in the U.S. House of Representatives currently represented by Collin Peterson, a Democrat who has been in office since 1991. On the local level, Zimmerman residents are served by two county commissioners from Sherburne County and three members of the City Council elected to four-year terms. The city also holds elections for Mayor every two years along with several other offices such as Treasurer and Clerk/Administrator which are appointed positions held for indefinite periods of time. The current mayor is Joe Meyer who was elected in 2020 and his predecessor was Jason Aarsvold who served from 2014-2018. Overall, Zimmerman has consistently seen strong political representation from both parties over its history and continues to be an important part of Minnesota's political landscape today.
The political climate in Zimmerman, MN is strongly conservative.
Sherburne County, MN is very conservative. In Sherburne County, MN 32.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 65.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Sherburne county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 65.1% to 32.5%.
Sherburne county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zimmerman, MN is strongly conservative.
Sherburne County, Minnesota is very conservative.
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.
Zimmerman, Minnesota: R R R R R R
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 Zimmerman, MN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 200 contributions totaling $15,908 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $80 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 125 contributions totaling $19,948 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $160 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)