Savage, MN (55378) is a small city located in the southern part of Minnesota. It is served by two major political parties, the Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party and the Republican Party, which both strive to represent the citizens of Savage and come up with solutions to local issues. The city council consists of seven members who are elected by popular vote from the residents. They serve four year terms and work together to create laws that benefit their communities. Issues such as education, public safety, infrastructure development, and environmental protection are all important topics of conversation in Savage politics. Local candidates for office can be found on various websites and social media platforms where they appeal to potential voters with their stances on specific issues. There are also numerous debates and forums held throughout the city every election cycle so that residents can voice their opinions on local matters.
The political climate in Zip 55378 (Savage, MN) is somewhat conservative.
Scott County, MN is leaning conservative. In Scott County, MN 45.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 52.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Scott county remained moderately Republican, 52.1% to 45.5%.
Scott county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 55378 (Savage, MN) is somewhat conservative.
Savage, Minnesota is somewhat conservative.
Scott County, Minnesota is leaning conservative.
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.
Savage, Minnesota: R R R R R r
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 55378 (Savage)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 882 contributions totaling $34,641 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $39 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 173 contributions totaling $23,697 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $137 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)