Hennepin County, Minnesota is a vibrant and diverse political environment with a strong tradition of civic engagement. The county has an elected board of commissioners to provide legislative oversight for the county government. Additionally, the county is represented in the state legislature by several senators, representatives, and members of Congress. Statewide elections are held each year to determine who will represent Hennepin County at all levels of government. Voters also have the opportunity to vote on local issues such as school funding and taxes which can directly affect their daily lives. Local political candidates within Hennepin County vary greatly in terms of background and experience but all share a commitment to working together to solve community issues and make positive changes in the lives of residents.
The political climate in 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
Hennepin County, MN 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.
Hennepin, 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 for the Democrat and I for the Independent. 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 Hennepin County, MN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 132,259 contributions totaling $24,302,766 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $184 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 19,466 contributions totaling $13,141,974 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $675 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)