The 55409 Minneapolis, MN area is a vibrant, diverse, and culturally-rich part of the Twin Cities. Politically, it is one of the most progressive parts of Minnesota. It has been represented in the Minnesota House of Representatives by a Democrat since 1997, with Ilhan Omar currently representing the district. The city itself is governed by a mayor and 13 city council members elected via nonpartisan elections. There has been much progress made in improving civil rights; Minneapolis recently passed an ordinance that bans profiling based on race or other protected characteristics by police officers. This demonstrates that Minneapolis is committed to creating a fair and just society for everyone who lives there. Additionally, there are many organizations dedicated to civic engagement and education such as the League of Women Voters, which works to ensure that citizens have all the information they need to make informed voting decisions.
The political climate in Zip 55409 (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 55409 (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 55409 (Minneapolis)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,230 contributions totaling $274,905 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $123 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 131 contributions totaling $51,811 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $396 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)