Brooklyn Center, MN is a city in Hennepin County with a population of approximately 33,000. It is the home of numerous political parties and organizations, such as the Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party and the Republican Party. The mayor of Brooklyn Center is Jeffrey Lunde, who was first elected to office in 2016. The City Council consists of seven members elected for four year terms; three members are elected at large while four are represent specific wards within the city. Brooklyn Center residents have the opportunity to participate in local politics by attending meetings, voting on issues and initiatives, and by running for public office. In addition to local politics, citizens can also connect with state and national officials through town hall events and other gatherings held throughout the year.
The political climate in Brooklyn Center, MN is strongly 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
Brooklyn Center, MN is strongly 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.
Brooklyn Center, 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 Brooklyn Center, MN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 5,709 contributions totaling $606,867 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $106 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 688 contributions totaling $196,609 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $286 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)