Hartford, MN is a small town located in the southeastern part of Minnesota. It is home to about 8,000 people and is an important hub for local businesses and services. The town is governed by a mayor-council government system. The current mayor is Mark Utecht who has served since 2010. He works with the city council to ensure that the laws and regulations are observed in the city. Hartford also has several different local political organizations, including the Hartford Civic League and the Hartford Political Action Committee, which help to promote involvement of citizens in local politics and elections. Overall, Hartford has a strong commitment to providing its citizens with a voice in their government and providing quality services for all residents.
The political climate in Hartford, MN is strongly conservative.
Todd County, MN is very conservative. In Todd County, MN 24.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 73.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Todd county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 73.6% to 24.8%.
Todd county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Hartford, MN is strongly conservative.
Todd County, Minnesota is very conservative.
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.
Hartford, Minnesota: R R R R R R
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 Hartford, MN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 181 contributions totaling $12,015 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $66 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 56 contributions totaling $8,469 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $151 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)