Eden Prairie, Minnesota is a suburb of Minneapolis located in Hennepin County. This city has a strong political atmosphere and is home to many civic minded residents. Eden Prairie's government is run by an elected mayor and four council members who serve on the city council. The local government focuses on providing services that will help sustain a healthy, vibrant, and safe community for its citizens. The City Council meets once each month and works to pass resolutions that improve the quality of life in Eden Prairie. Additionally, the City Council works to strengthen existing relationships with neighboring cities and counties in order to promote fiscal responsibility and economic growth. In order to ensure that all voices are heard, there are also several advisory commissions within the city's government who make recommendations on various topics such as land use planning, public safety, recreation, public health, transportation, environment, economic development and housing. Eden Prairie is an active participant in state level politics as well as local matters which influence the lives of its residents every day.
The political climate in Zip 55344 (Eden Prairie, MN) is strongly liberal.
Hennepin County, MN is very liberal. In Hennepin County, MN 70.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 27.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Hennepin county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 70.5% to 27.2%.
Hennepin county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 55344 (Eden Prairie, MN) is strongly liberal.
Eden Prairie, Minnesota is strongly liberal.
Hennepin County, Minnesota is very 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.
Eden Prairie, Minnesota: D D 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 55344 (Eden Prairie)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,612 contributions totaling $83,030 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $52 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 326 contributions totaling $150,218 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $461 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)