The city of Chaska, MN, is located in Carver County and has a population of 24,646 people. It is governed by the Mayor and four Council Members who are elected to office every two years. While the Mayor and City Council Members are responsible for making laws that affect the city, they do not have any control over national or state politics. The people of Chaska take an active role in local politics by voting in elections for local representatives and attending public meetings to voice their opinions about important issues that affect their community. Additionally, citizens can get involved in local government by volunteering with organizations that work to make positive changes in the region. Through civic engagement, residents contribute to creating a safe and prosperous future for everyone living in Chaska.
The political climate in Zip 55318 (Chaska, 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 55318 (Chaska, MN) is leaning conservative.
Chaska, 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.
Chaska, 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 55318 (Chaska)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,043 contributions totaling $51,909 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $25 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 261 contributions totaling $465,506 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $1,784 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)