Falcon Heights, Minnesota is a small city located in Ramsey County, and is home to about 5,400 residents. The mayor of the city is Randy Gustafson, who has served in office since 2016. The City Council consists of four members elected at large to staggered four-year terms. All aspects of local government are handled by the City Council, such as zoning ordinances, budget allocation and approval for public infrastructure projects. Education is provided by the Roseville Area School District, which serves most students from the area. Falcon Heights also has an active civic life with numerous community organizations that provide social services within the city. Residents of Falcon Heights have access to a variety of public services such as libraries and parks maintained by local government agencies. Local politics in Falcon Heights revolves around issues such as funding for schools and public safety initiatives, development projects in the area and economic growth initiatives.
The political climate in Falcon Heights, MN is moderately liberal.
Ramsey County, MN is very liberal. In Ramsey County, MN 71.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 26.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Ramsey county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 71.5% to 26.1%.
Ramsey county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Falcon Heights, MN is moderately liberal.
Ramsey 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.
Falcon Heights, 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 Falcon Heights, MN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 10,866 contributions totaling $1,024,869 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $94 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 648 contributions totaling $470,292 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $726 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)