Brooklyn Center, MN, is a small city in Hennepin County with a population of about 30,000 people. Located just north of Minneapolis, the town has experienced a recent growth in population due to its proximity to the metropolis. The politics of Brooklyn Center largely follow the trends seen in Minnesota's larger cities. For local representation, there are three city council members and two school board representatives elected at-large from around the area. For larger issues like taxation and state laws, citizens rely on their state legislators who serve in either the Minnesota State House or Senate. The City of Brooklyn Center works closely with both their local and state governments to ensure that all residents are served efficiently and responsibly.
The political climate in Zip 55429 (Brooklyn Center, 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 55429 (Brooklyn Center, MN) is strongly liberal.
Brooklyn Center, 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.
Brooklyn Center, 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 55429 (Brooklyn Center)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 554 contributions totaling $15,430 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $28 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 112 contributions totaling $14,351 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $128 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)