The city of Bloomington, Minnesota, is a vibrant community with a population of approximately 85,000 residents. Located just outside of Minneapolis, the city boasts a strong economy and diverse cultural offerings. Politically, the area is represented by both state and federal representatives. At the state level, the area is served by District 49A's Representative Jim Davnie and Senator Melisa Franzen in the Minnesota House of Representatives and Senator Karin Housley in the Minnesota Senate. Federally, District 2’s Representative Angie Craig represents Bloomington in the United States House of Representatives. Residents are encouraged to become active in local politics and often gather to discuss new ideas or issues affecting their communities through town meetings or other civic engagements.
The political climate in Zip 55437 (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 55437 (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 55437 (Bloomington)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,222 contributions totaling $76,093 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $62 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 553 contributions totaling $230,738 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $417 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)