Oak Park Heights, MN is a small city located in Washington County with a population of 7,765 people. Located on the St. Croix River, the city offers its residents a rural feel and easy access to natural resources such as hiking trails and ponds. Politically, the city is rather divided with no clear majority party. Currently, the mayor of Oak Park Heights is Mary McComber-McKenzie who was elected in 2019. In addition, the city council consists of 5 members from both major political parties. Generally speaking, Oak Park Heights has remained a competitive area between Republicans and Democrats over the years resulting in fair elections that are decided by slim margins. Despite their differences on political matters, both parties have worked together to create an atmosphere of mutual respect which has helped keep tensions low and allowed many important projects to be completed for the benefit of all citizens.
The political climate in Oak Park Heights, MN is leaning liberal.
Washington County, MN is somewhat liberal. In Washington County, MN 53.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 44.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Washington county remained moderately Democratic, 53.5% to 44.2%.
Washington county voted Democratic in the four most recent Presidential elections, after 2000 and 2004 went Republican.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Oak Park Heights, MN is leaning liberal.
Washington County, Minnesota is somewhat 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.
Oak Park Heights, Minnesota: r r 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 Oak Park Heights, MN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 3,212 contributions totaling $647,812 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $202 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 652 contributions totaling $304,038 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $466 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)