The city of Blaine, MN (55434) is governed by a city council consisting of five members. Elections are held every two years for the mayor and three at-large council positions. The current mayor is Tom Ryan, who was elected in 2019. The city council also includes representatives from each of the four wards within the city limits: North, South, East and West. In addition to these members, there are many other local political figures representing various interest groups within the community. These include school board members, public safety personnel, local business owners and non-profit leaders. Through their collective efforts they strive to ensure that Blaine remains a safe and vibrant place to live and work.
The political climate in Zip 55434 (Blaine, MN) is leaning 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
Zip 55434 (Blaine, MN) is leaning conservative.
Blaine, Minnesota is leaning 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.
Blaine, 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 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 zip 55434 (Blaine)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 667 contributions totaling $23,832 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $36 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 125 contributions totaling $24,052 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $192 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)