Mendota Heights, a small city located in Dakota County, Minnesota, is known for its vibrant culture and a strong sense of community. This close knit city has an estimated population of 9,739. In terms of politics, Mendota Heights is part of the Minnesota House District 51A and Senate District 51. The current representative for House District 51A is Sheldon Johnson while Karla Bigham represents the Senate District 51. Both representatives are Democrats and work to make sure that the voices of Mendota Heights residents are heard in the legislature. They have worked on important issues such as education funding and healthcare reform. Additionally, Mendota Heights residents often vote in local elections to decide on ballot measures such as taxes or bond issues that directly impact their community.
The political climate in Zip 55120 (Mendota Heights, 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 55120 (Mendota Heights, MN) is leaning liberal.
Mendota Heights, 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 Heights, 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 55120 (Mendota Heights)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 888 contributions totaling $106,579 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $120 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 196 contributions totaling $23,817 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $122 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)