Minneapolis, MN is the largest city in Minnesota and is known for its progressive politics. The mayor of Minneapolis is Jacob Frey, who was elected in 2017. Frey has made economic development and climate change mitigation key priorities during his time in office.
The Political Climate in Minneapolis, 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
Minneapolis, 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.
Minneapolis, 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 Minneapolis, MN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 77,339 contributions totaling $14,009,245 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $181 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 4,024 contributions totaling $2,221,334 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $552 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)