The small suburban city of Hopkins, MN with a zip code of 55343 is located in Hennepin County. It has a rich history in politics and is home to many active citizens who take an interest in their local government and current political issues. The city is served by the Mayor, four Council Members, and numerous other elected officials who work together to ensure that the community runs smoothly and efficiently. They are responsible for ensuring that essential services such as public utilities, public safety, transit, education, recreation and parks are properly funded and managed. From time to time they will also introduce new initiatives or repeal existing laws if necessary. Local elections are held every two years so that citizens can vote for the candidates they believe will best represent them in their local government.
The political climate in Zip 55343 (Hopkins, 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 55343 (Hopkins, MN) is strongly liberal.
Hopkins, 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.
Hopkins, 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 55343 (Hopkins)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,216 contributions totaling $196,325 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $89 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 332 contributions totaling $84,906 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $256 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)