The 55406 Minneapolis, MN area is located in Hennepin County and is represented by a variety of political figures. The U.S. House of Representatives for the area is Ilhan Omar, a member of the Democrat party. At the state level, major elected representatives include Senator Tina Smith and Representatives Frank Hornstein and Raymond Dehn from the Democrat party, as well as Representative Linda Runbeck from the Republican Party. All elected officials share a commitment to improving the lives of Minneapolis residents through policy initiatives such as increasing access to education and healthcare resources, investing in infrastructure projects, and creating job opportunities. Additionally, there are several local organizations devoted to engaging citizens in political discourse on issues important to Minnesota residents. This includes groups like Take Action Minnesota and Minnesotans United for All Families that both advocate for social justice causes across the state. With these resources available, Minneapolis residents have more opportunities than ever to be informed about their local politics and participate in meaningful conversations about what issues need attention most in their community.
The political climate in Zip 55406 (Minneapolis, 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 55406 (Minneapolis, MN) is strongly liberal.
Minneapolis, 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.
Minneapolis, 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 55406 (Minneapolis)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 7,629 contributions totaling $485,629 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $64 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 253 contributions totaling $31,407 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $124 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)