How liberal is Minneapolis? (Stockton, Viking: layoffs, buying, dangerous)

[Astron1000]

Well, the last time Minneapolis elected a Republican mayor, it was Paul Kenneth Peterson.

That was in 1956. 63 years ago.

So yeah, Minneapolis is pretty liberal.

Even today, it is rare that a Republican will even run for Mayor. The city is estimated to be roughly 80% DFL. It's been a highly successful city for over two generations. So why change?

It's a lost cause for Republicans.

[Hulsker 1856]

Originally Posted by WildSpark

I've heard it's very liberal.

Yeah?

Well...

[2x3x29x41]

Originally Posted by WildSpark

Nope, we're all sick of burning to death with the desert heat. Comparing MN to IL. Surprised to read MN has a higher income tax than IL!

It's always an incomplete picture to look at just one aspect of taxation.

For example, when combining state and local sales taxes, Minnesota ranks 17th and Illinois ranks 7th.
https://taxfoundation.org/state-and-...ax-rates-2018/

While Minnesota's base state sales tax is fairly high (ranking 7th) we don't have much in the way of local sales taxes. They exist, but in only three cities do the combined rates top 8% (Minneapolis, Rochester, Duluth). But have a look at 'low tax' states, like Alabama (base sales tax of 4%, but every major city has a rate of 9% or 10%) or Oklahoma (base 4.5%, but local rates bump the statewide average up higher than in Minnesota. States with lower income taxes (or no income taxes at all) have to make up at least part of that deficit elsewhere.

Toss in the fact that people are making $15,000+ more a year in Minnesota than in those states (and more than in Illinois, too, but not by as great a margin), and it becomes clear that a Minnesotan has a lot more left in their wallet after their sales taxes (or, for that matter, income taxes) are paid.

[Mr. E. Ryter]

Minneapolis is among the most liberal of cities. Outspokenly and intolerantly so.

[Kavalier]

Bordering on Bolshevik...if not already there.

[Kavalier]

Originally Posted by Astron1000

. It's been a highly successful city for over two generations. .

Has it?

[InnovativeAmerican]

Minneapolis and Madison (which isn't a university city anymore) are the most liberal cities in the Midwest. Madison has an even more progressive history than Minneapolis. It was the birthplace of the Progressive Party.

St. Paul is also very liberal, but slightly less so than Minneapolis.

[Angorlee]

After living in Minneapolis for many years I have to say that the word liberal doesn't really explain what Minneapolis is about. The city doesn't fit into what we would know as a liberal city. I have lived in other liberal cities and they were much different than the Minneapolis brand of liberalism. I sometimes think that it is a cross of liberalism and Marxism in a strange way. Not that any of it makes any sense because it doesn't. There is an emptiness to the city. A blank of some sort that leaves a person without a definite grounding. I think Minnesota should be its own nation.

[Kavalier]

Originally Posted by Angorlee

I sometimes think that it is a cross of liberalism and Marxism in a strange way. .

QFT



That's exactly what it is.

[nottylerdurden]

According to a conservative, it's a liberal hellhole.



As a centrist I can say it's decently liberal, but there definitely are conservative people around. Many people kind of go with the liberal flow, the university areas are especially liberal, but if you're not a student there's no reason to be exposed to it.



On top of this, the majority of the suburbs are more conservative, and the rest of the state is very solidly conservative. You'll get a mix of everything.