Burnsville, MN is a small city located in the southern suburbs of Minneapolis-St. Paul. It has a population of approximately 61,000 people and is home to many diverse communities. The politics of Burnsville are shaped both nationally and locally, with residents passionate about the issues that affect their lives and their city. At the local level, residents participate in elections for mayor and council members who work to make decisions on matters such as public safety, infrastructure development, community engagement initiatives, and more. In recent times these elections have been hotly contested with new voices looking to bring fresh ideas and perspectives to the decision making process. With each election cycle citizens are encouraged to stay informed, get involved and vote for leaders who will represent their interests best in Burnsville's vibrant political landscape.
The political climate in Zip 55306 (Burnsville, 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 55306 (Burnsville, MN) is somewhat liberal.
Burnsville, 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.
Burnsville, 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 55306 (Burnsville)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 633 contributions totaling $50,088 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $79 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 272 contributions totaling $340,827 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $1,253 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)