Cambridge, Minnesota is a small town located in Isanti County. In terms of politics, the city is part of Minnesota's 8th Congressional district and is represented by U.S. Representative Pete Stauber in the United States House of Representatives. The city also has two state representatives: Cal Bahr and Bob Dettmer of the Republican Party. City elections for Cambridge are held every four years and include three open council seats which are currently held by Mayor Robert Larson, Deputy Mayor Robyn Craig, and Councilmember Maureen Kuzel. The election for 2021 will be held on November 2nd. Cambridge is a small but vibrant community with many local issues that affect its citizens such as housing availability, infrastructure needs, and economic development. Together these issues are addressed through the collaboration between elected officials, community organizations, and local businesses - all working together to make Cambridge a great place to live for its residents.
The political climate in Zip 55008 (Cambridge, MN) is strongly conservative.
Isanti County, MN is very conservative. In Isanti County, MN 29.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 68.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Isanti county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 68.0% to 29.5%.
Isanti county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 55008 (Cambridge, MN) is strongly conservative.
Cambridge, Minnesota is strongly conservative.
Isanti County, Minnesota is very 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.
Cambridge, 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 55008 (Cambridge)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 165 contributions totaling $6,549 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $40 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 88 contributions totaling $13,934 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $158 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)