Ramsey, MN is a city located in Anoka County with a population of nearly 24,000 people. The politics in Ramsey are defined by the local government and its representatives. The city is governed by a mayor-council form of government, with the Mayor as the elected head of the municipality and the City Council as its legislative body. Currently, Mayor Sarah Strommen serves as the mayor of Ramsey, while six council members are elected from districts to serve on the council. Each member of the Ramsey City Council represents a different geographic area in the city and has an important role in determining how local laws are created and enforced. Overall, Ramsey has an established political system that encourages citizen participation and values transparency and fairness.
The political climate in Ramsey, MN is somewhat conservative.
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
Ramsey, MN is somewhat conservative.
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.
Ramsey, 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 Ramsey, MN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,870 contributions totaling $402,412 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $215 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 344 contributions totaling $73,210 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $213 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)