New Hope, MN is a city located in Hennepin County with a population of 20,339. It is known for its diverse community and the active involvement of citizens in local politics. New Hope residents are passionate about their civic duties and come out in large numbers to vote in elections. The city's political landscape is strongly focused on progressive values, with the majority of the population supporting policies like expanded healthcare access and public school funding. There are several prominent political figures from New Hope who have been elected to represent the city both locally and at the state level. These candidates include State Senator Melisa Franzen, City Council Member Alan Shilepsky, and State Representative Erin Maye Quade. All three of these individuals have earned reputations as being fair-minded representatives who work diligently to ensure their constituents needs are met.
The political climate in Zip 55428 (New Hope, 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 55428 (New Hope, MN) is strongly liberal.
New Hope, 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.
New Hope, 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 55428 (New Hope)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,053 contributions totaling $30,336 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $29 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 114 contributions totaling $25,620 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $225 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)