Bloomington, Minnesota is a city located in Hennepin County with a population of about 85,000. It is known for its multiple shopping centers and attractions, such as the Mall of America and the Minnesota Zoo. The city is also home to several post-secondary institutions, like Normandale Community College and Brown College. Politics in Bloomington are governed at local and state level by the City Council, Mayor, and Governor of Minnesota. City council members are elected by citizens of Bloomington, who can also vote in national elections for candidates seeking office in Congress or the White House. The current mayor of Bloomington is Gene Winstead who was re-elected in 2020. At the state level, Bloomington is currently represented by Senator Tina Smith in the U.S. Senate and Representative Dean Phillips in the U.S. House of Representatives. Governor Tim Walz was elected to serve as governor for a second term in November 2020 and Lieutenant Governor Peggy Flanagan serves alongside him as his running mate. These political leaders work together to ensure that issues important to citizens of Bloomington are addressed on both local and national levels through legislative action and policy initiatives.
The political climate in Zip 55431 (Bloomington, MN) is strongly liberal.
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
Zip 55431 (Bloomington, MN) is strongly liberal.
Bloomington, Minnesota is strongly liberal.
Hennepin County, Minnesota 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.
Bloomington, 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 zip 55431 (Bloomington)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,604 contributions totaling $110,944 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $69 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 139 contributions totaling $18,027 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $130 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)