The small town of Hatfield, MN is a close knit community with a strong connection to its local politics. Residents take great pride in their local government and the commitment to improving the quality of life for everyone in the area. The city is run by an elected mayor and four council members, who work together to ensure that all residents have access to basic services like healthcare, education, transportation, and public safety. Through their leadership, they strive to keep taxes low while also maintaining adequate funding for all essential services. The city also holds regular public meetings and forums to stay up-to-date on the latest political developments in Hatfield. These meetings are open to all residents of Hatfield and allow them the opportunity to voice their opinions when it comes to local issues that impact their daily lives.
The political climate in Hatfield, MN is very conservative.
Pipestone County, MN is very conservative. In Pipestone County, MN 26.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 71.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Pipestone county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 71.9% to 26.4%.
Pipestone county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Hatfield, MN is very conservative.
Pipestone 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.
Hatfield, 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 Hatfield, MN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 61 contributions totaling $3,625 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $59 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 67 contributions totaling $20,216 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $302 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)