Politics in 55128 Oakdale, MN are primarily focused on the city council. The five-member council consists of four elected officials and the mayor, who acts as the presiding officer. The council meets twice a month to discuss local issues and take action on decisions that affect residents. The Oakdale City Council is responsible for enacting ordinances, setting policy, approving budgets and overseeing city departments. Local citizens are encouraged to attend meetings and participate in discussions to ensure their voices are heard and their views are represented. Additionally, elections for Mayor and Council Members are held every four years so that residents can choose who will lead them into the future.
The political climate in Zip 55128 (Oakdale, MN) is leaning liberal.
Washington County, MN is somewhat liberal. In Washington County, MN 53.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 44.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Washington county remained moderately Democratic, 53.5% to 44.2%.
Washington county voted Democratic in the four most recent Presidential elections, after 2000 and 2004 went Republican.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 55128 (Oakdale, MN) is leaning liberal.
Oakdale, Minnesota is leaning liberal.
Washington 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.
Oakdale, 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 55128 (Oakdale)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 394 contributions totaling $23,375 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $59 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 156 contributions totaling $22,524 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $144 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)