The city of 55311 Maple Grove, MN is a thriving community that has a strong background in local politics. The city prides itself on its commitment to keeping residents involved in the political process. Local elections for officials at the mayor, state representative and senatorial level are held every two years, with the most recent election taking place in 2020. Candidates for office work diligently to reach out to citizens through town hall meetings and other public forums to discuss their platforms and garner support in their campaigns. Residents of 55311 Maple Grove also actively participate in national elections by voting for candidates from both major parties through absentee ballots or early voting. Residents are passionate about protecting their rights and ensuring that their voices are heard when it comes to making important decisions about who will represent them at all levels of government.
The political climate in Zip 55311 (Maple Grove, 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 55311 (Maple Grove, MN) is moderately liberal.
Maple Grove, 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.
Maple Grove, 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 55311 (Maple Grove)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,270 contributions totaling $130,154 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $102 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 345 contributions totaling $93,583 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $271 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)