The city of Blaine, Minnesota is an important part of the Twin Cities metropolitan area and has a population of approximately 57,186 people. It is located in Anoka County and is known for its diverse neighborhoods, strong public school system, and thriving business climate. Politically, the city leans Democratic, with registered voters favoring Democratic candidates in recent elections. The current Mayor of Blaine is Jerry Koch who began his term in 2020 after winning a landslide victory in the 2019 election. Alongside him on the City Council are three other Democrats, five Republicans, and an independent representative. As a whole, the City Council works to ensure that policies reflect the needs and concerns of each ward within the community while maintaining fiscal responsibility.
The political climate in Zip 55449 (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 55449 (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 55449 (Blaine)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 430 contributions totaling $23,575 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $55 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 241 contributions totaling $45,610 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $189 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)