Coon Rapids, MN (55448) is a city located in Anoka County and is part of the Twin Cities metropolitan area. The population of Coon Rapids is about 61,000 and is represented by members of the Minnesota House of Representatives 42A, Senate District 35, and Congressional Districts 4 & 5. Politically, Coon Rapids is reflective of its district representation, which leans Democratic at all levels. At the federal level, voters have consistently supported candidates from the Democratic Party since 2008 with higher than average voter participation as well. In the 2016 presidential election for example, 58% of registered voters in Coon Rapids turned out to vote with 55% casting their ballot for Hilary Clinton. On a local level there are several measures that citizens can get involved in such as supporting initiatives to improve public safety or advocating for increased funding for education, parks and recreational facilities.
The political climate in Zip 55448 (Coon Rapids, MN) is leaning conservative.
Anoka County, MN is leaning conservative. In Anoka County, MN 47.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 49.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Anoka county remained narrowly Republican, 49.7% to 47.8%.
Anoka county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 55448 (Coon Rapids, MN) is leaning conservative.
Coon Rapids, Minnesota is leaning conservative.
Anoka 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.
Coon Rapids, 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 55448 (Coon Rapids)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,591 contributions totaling $111,963 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $70 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 178 contributions totaling $23,533 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $132 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)