Fridley, MN 55432 is a city located in Anoka County. The city has a diverse and active political climate, with local elections occurring every four years for the mayor and city council. Fridley citizens have the opportunity to vote on a wide range of issues that affect their lives, from zoning laws to tax initiatives. The current mayor is Jerry Robak, who was elected in 2016. The six-member City Council consists of Richard Coppock, Mary Kay Gefre, Robert Kochevar, David Thuney, Leslie Ann Wahlquist and Richelle Zarate. All members are dedicated to listening to public concerns and providing quality services that will benefit the citizens of Fridley. Local elections are always hotly contested as candidates strive to make their voices heard in an effort to improve the community they call home.
The political climate in Zip 55432 (Fridley, MN) is leaning liberal.
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 55432 (Fridley, MN) is leaning liberal.
Fridley, Minnesota is leaning liberal.
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.
Fridley, 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 55432 (Fridley)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,568 contributions totaling $65,592 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $42 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 396 contributions totaling $31,047 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $78 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)