Minnetonka Beach, MN Political Map | Democrat & Republican Areas in Minnetonka Beach

By the BestNeighborhood data science team. Last updated May 2026.

Minnetonka Beach is a true toss-up. About 51% of voters here vote Democratic and 49% Republican.

 

About more than 99% of adults in Minnetonka Beach typically vote, above the U.S. average of about 62%. Among adults in Minnetonka Beach, ~59% vote Democratic, ~56% Republican, and ~-15% don't vote. The map below shows estimated turnout by block group.

How Minnetonka Beach compares

Among cities within 25 miles, Minnetonka Beach sits roughly in the middle of the political spectrum, with 46 neighbors leaning further in the place's direction and 58 leaning the other way.

Politically, Minnetonka Beach sits close to the rest of Minnesota.

Why Minnetonka Beach leans the way it does

This analysis examined 14,881 data points per city to find what predicts political lean and turnout. The items below are a few correlations that stood out for Minnetonka Beach, not a ranked or complete list of what matters most.

Density pulls a place toward Democrats and a high white share pulls it toward Republicans. In Minnetonka Beach the two roughly cancel.

Walkability and Democratic lean

Places with a highly walkable street grid tend to lean Democratic; Minnetonka Beach, MN sits in the top tenth nationally on this measure. A walkable street grid does not change how people vote; it mostly reflects how urban a place is.

Why turnout in Minnetonka Beach looks the way it does

Areas with strong routine healthcare access turn out at higher rates. Minnetonka Beach is in the top quarter nationally for routine-care measures such as insurance coverage, preventive screenings, and dental visits. The dental-visit rate here is about 68%, about 8 points above the U.S. average of 60%. Homeowners vote more often than renters, and about 98% of households in Minnetonka Beach own their home, compared to around 80% in nearby cities. High high-school completion lines up with higher turnout, and about 99% of adults in Minnetonka Beach have completed high school, above 97% of cities. Learn more about the findings and methodology on the political spectrum map.

Sources and methodology

Precinct-level voting records used to fit the model come from Minnesota Secretary of State, Elections, distributed by the Voting and Election Science Team. Demographic inputs come from the U.S. Census Bureau (ACS 5-year estimates and the 2020 Decennial Census). Health and environmental inputs come from the CDC (PLACES and the Environmental Justice Index). Land cover comes from the USGS and EPA. Election-day and lead-up weather come from PRISM 4km daily grids and the NOAA Global Historical Climatology Network. Mail-voting and election-administration patterns come from the MIT Election Lab's Survey of the Performance of American Elections. Block-group crime detail comes from CrimeGrade. Internet data and modeling support provided by ISPreports.org.

Modeling and analysis by the BestNeighborhood data science team. Full methodology and findings: political spectrum map.

Methodology reviewed by the BestNeighborhood data team. Last updated May 2026.