Hampton, MN is a small town in Minnesota with a population of approximately 1,000 people. The local government is overseen by a mayor and city council. Every two years, the citizens of Hampton have the opportunity to elect new representatives who will serve on the city council for four-year terms. The current mayor is Joe Smith, who was elected in 2018. He has been an advocate for economic development and ensuring that Hampton remains an attractive place to live and work. Over the past several years, he has worked hard to ensure that Hampton's infrastructure remains up-to-date and its natural resources are protected. Additionally, he has encouraged businesses to relocate to Hampton which has helped boost the local economy and create jobs for residents.
The political climate in Hampton, MN is leaning conservative.
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
Hampton, MN is leaning conservative.
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.
Hampton, 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 if the Democratic Party candidate won and I if the Independent Party candidate won. 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 Hampton, MN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 98 contributions totaling $10,528 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $107 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 4 contributions totaling $1,500 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $375 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)