Eden Prairie, Minnesota, located in Hennepin County with the zip code 55346, is a vibrant and active city. Its citizens are passionate about their local politics and take part in the political process by voting and attending local events. The city is represented at the state level by State Representatives Sarah Anderson and Bob Loonan, who both serve on the House of Representatives for District 33A. Other local elected officials include State Senator Melisa Franzen, Mayor Mike Acker, City Council Members Brad Aho, Ron Case, Paul Finnerty, Rick Heumann and Scott Brunsvold, as well as many Township Supervisors to ensure that Eden Prairie's citizens have access to quality education, public safety services and other amenities. In order to encourage civic engagement among its residents, Eden Prairie promotes community forums where citizens can discuss current issues with their elected officials. Additionally, the City of Eden Prairie has taken steps to increase voter registration through automatic voter registration when people interact with government offices or apply for a driver's license. All of these factors show how dedicated Eden Prairie is to ensuring its citizens have access to informed representatives that will advocate for them on both local and state levels.
The political climate in Zip 55346 (Eden Prairie, MN) is moderately 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 55346 (Eden Prairie, MN) is moderately liberal.
Eden Prairie, Minnesota is moderately 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 55346 (Eden Prairie)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 701 contributions totaling $86,868 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $124 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 183 contributions totaling $58,016 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $317 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)