The politics in 55118 West St. Paul, Minnesota are reflective of the state of Minnesota as a whole. The main political parties actively present in 55118 West St. Paul, Minnesota are the Democratic and Republican parties, with both having strong representation across the region. Each local election sees a variety of candidates from each party vying for votes, and many independent candidates also put their names forward in hopes of gaining office. The current representatives at the state level for West St. Paul come from both main parties, although an independent candidate was elected to the county board in 2020 to represent the district. These politicians take on important issues such as health care, education, crime and taxes that affect all citizens living in 55118 West St. Paul, ensuring that their voices are heard and their interests are represented in government decisions.
The political climate in Zip 55118 (West St. Paul, MN) is somewhat liberal.
Dakota County, MN is somewhat liberal. In Dakota County, MN 55.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 41.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Dakota county remained strongly Democratic, 55.7% to 41.8%.
Dakota county voted Democratic in the four most recent Presidential elections, after 2000 and 2004 went Republican.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 55118 (West St. Paul, MN) is somewhat liberal.
West St. Paul, Minnesota is somewhat liberal.
Dakota 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.
West St. Paul, 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 55118 (West St. Paul)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 5,571 contributions totaling $346,216 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $62 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 684 contributions totaling $290,745 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $425 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)