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Fridley, Minnesota is a city located in Anoka County with a population of over 22,000 according to the 2010 census. The city is mainly governed by the mayor and four council members who are elected by citizens living within the city. The current mayor is Scott Lund, who was first elected in 2006 and is currently in his third term in office. Additionally, Fridley has two representatives on Minnesota's House of Representatives: Connie Bernardy and Rob Ecklund. Both have been serving since 2019 and are committed to working hard to improve the quality of life for all residents of Fridley. The city also has numerous local committees that work together to create policies regarding development, education, infrastructure, and other important issues. Overall, the political atmosphere in Fridley is positive as citizens are active in local government and passionate about making sure their voices are heard by their elected officials.

The political climate in Fridley, 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

Fridley, 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.

Fridley, 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 Fridley, MN

In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,825 contributions totaling $123,811 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $44 per contribution.

In the last 4 years, there were 447 contributions totaling $37,223 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $83 per contribution.

(source: Federal Election Commission)

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Over 16 years ago

Ive been in Minnesota almost a year now and although many people say "hey it's minnesota, it gets cold duh?" and look at you funny when you complain about the  More

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