The city of Mendota, MN, located in Dakota County, is a growing community and a proud member of the Twin Cities Metro area. The city is governed by an elected Mayor and City Council. Local politics are focused on developing the city’s infrastructure and services with an emphasis on keeping taxes low. Recent discussions have been held regarding the status of the local public schools, road improvements, and economic development. The city has also been actively engaged in addressing environmental issues such as climate change. Community involvement is encouraged at local events including town hall meetings, community forums, and special presentations. Residents have a vested interest in helping shape their local government through participation in elections for city offices and municipal representatives to the state legislature. All people living in Mendota have an opportunity to make their voices heard and contribute to decisions that affect their own lives and neighbors.
The political climate in Zip 55150 (Mendota, MN) is leaning liberal.
Dakota County, MN is somewhat liberal. In Dakota County, MN 55.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 41.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Dakota county remained strongly Democratic, 55.7% to 41.8%.
Dakota county voted Democratic in the four most recent Presidential elections, after 2000 and 2004 went Republican.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 55150 (Mendota, MN) is leaning liberal.
Mendota, Minnesota is leaning liberal.
Dakota County, Minnesota is somewhat 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.
Mendota, Minnesota: r r 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 55150 (Mendota)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 48 contributions totaling $3,192 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $67 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 3 contributions totaling $501 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $167 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)