Columbia Heights, MN is a small city located in Anoka County. Located just north of Minneapolis, it has a population of around 19,000 people. The political climate in Columbia Heights is relatively quiet but still vibrant. The city is run by a Mayor and four council members who are elected to two-year terms. Each council member represents one of the four wards within the city. Recent initiatives have included increasing public access to parks and recreational facilities as well as improving public transportation options for residents. Local candidates are active in promoting their ideas and engaging with their constituents, which makes for a healthy democracy. Overall, Columbia Heights has an engaged and informed citizenry who take pride in their city and strive to keep it running smoothly.
The political climate in Columbia Heights, MN is leaning liberal.
Anoka County, MN is leaning conservative. In Anoka County, MN 47.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 49.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Anoka county remained narrowly Republican, 49.7% to 47.8%.
Anoka county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Columbia Heights, MN is leaning liberal.
Anoka County, Minnesota is leaning 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.
Columbia Heights, 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 Columbia Heights, MN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,257 contributions totaling $58,219 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $46 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 51 contributions totaling $6,176 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $121 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)