Chanhassen, MN is a small city located in Carver County with a population of 22,952. It is politically represented by a wide range of representatives in both the state and national level. The mayor is Denny Laufenburger, who was elected in November of 2019 and ran as an independent candidate. In the State House, Chanhassen is represented by Ernie Leidiger (Republican) and Brad Tabke (DFL). In the Minnesota Senate, it is represented by Eric Pratt (Republican) and Vicki Jensen (DFL). On the national level, Chanhassen belongs to Minnesota's 3rd Congressional District which is represented by Dean Phillips (DFL).
The city of Chanhassen also has two different city council members that are elected for four-year terms. The current council members are Ben Weisbruch, Kristen Kienholz, Kevin Wahlgren, Mike Lucachick and Jeff Dahlhamer. These five council members are responsible for representing the interests of their constituents and making decisions about local government matters such as public safety, parks and recreation areas, infrastructure projects and much more. All local elections in Chanhassen are non-partisan which means that all candidates run without political party affiliations.
The political climate in Zip 55317 (Chanhassen, MN) is leaning conservative.
Carver County, MN is leaning conservative. In Carver County, MN 46.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 51.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Carver county remained Republican, 51.2% to 46.4%.
Carver county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 55317 (Chanhassen, MN) is leaning conservative.
Chanhassen, Minnesota is leaning conservative.
Carver 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.
Chanhassen, 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 55317 (Chanhassen)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,255 contributions totaling $103,887 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $46 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 300 contributions totaling $85,362 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $285 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)