The 55305 area of Minnetonka, MN, is a small community located in Hennepin County. Although the population numbers do not represent an extensive number of people, politics still play a role in this part of Minnesota. Local elections are held every two years to determine who will lead the community. Every election draws out different candidates and some may even be familiar faces as these individuals have served the 55305 area before. Citizens can vote for their preferred candidate and have their voices heard through the democratic process. The local government continues to work hard to ensure that the needs of residents are met and that all citizens are represented fairly.
The political climate in Zip 55305 (Minnetonka, 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 55305 (Minnetonka, MN) is strongly liberal.
Minnetonka, 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.
Minnetonka, 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 55305 (Minnetonka)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 3,221 contributions totaling $654,908 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $203 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 635 contributions totaling $327,741 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $516 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)