Eagan, MN is a city located in the Twin Cities area of Minnesota. In recent years, the city has seen an influx of new residents, due to its close proximity to Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport and its many corporate headquarters. The city has experienced rapid growth in population in recent years and now boasts a population nearing 70,000. It is represented at the local level by a mayor and six-member city council. The Mayor and Council are responsible for setting goals related to economic development, community services, public safety, infrastructure, and other issues that affect Eagan residents. Additionally, each election cycle residents can choose from a growing list of local political candidates who have varying philosophies on how best to serve their constituents. Recent elections have seen an increasing number of new voices running for office with fresh perspectives and innovative ideas on how to improve life in Eagan.
The political climate in Zip 55121 (Eagan, MN) is somewhat liberal.
Dakota County, MN is somewhat liberal. In Dakota County, MN 55.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 41.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Dakota county remained strongly Democratic, 55.7% to 41.8%.
Dakota county voted Democratic in the four most recent Presidential elections, after 2000 and 2004 went Republican.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 55121 (Eagan, MN) is somewhat liberal.
Eagan, Minnesota is somewhat liberal.
Dakota County, Minnesota is somewhat 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.
Eagan, Minnesota: r r 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 55121 (Eagan)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 494 contributions totaling $23,371 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $47 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 135 contributions totaling $16,943 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $126 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)