Politics in 55102 St. Paul, MN are always a hot topic of discussion in the local community. This area is home to many diverse neighborhoods and is part of the greater Twin Cities metro area. The city is represented in Congress by Democratic Representative Betty McCollum and in the Minnesota Legislature by both Republican and Democratic representatives. At the local level, residents have access to well-known political figures such as Mayor Melvin Carter III, City Council President Amy Brendmoen, and City Attorney Lyndsey Olson. Elections for offices like mayor, city council members, county attorneys, school board members, and state representatives take place every two years or so. All of these officials strive to ensure that their constituents are best served and that St. Paul remains one of the most vibrant cities in America.
The political climate in Zip 55102 (St. Paul, MN) is strongly liberal.
Ramsey County, MN is very liberal. In Ramsey County, MN 71.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 26.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Ramsey county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 71.5% to 26.1%.
Ramsey county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 55102 (St. Paul, MN) is strongly liberal.
St. Paul, Minnesota is strongly liberal.
Ramsey 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.
St. Paul, 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 55102 (St. Paul)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 4,347 contributions totaling $662,649 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $152 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 235 contributions totaling $198,222 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $844 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)