Hickory, MN is a small rural town with a population of just over 3,000 people. The town has a mayor and four council members that serve on the Hickory Town Council to make decisions about the local government. Each member of the Town Council is elected by the citizens of Hickory every two years. The Town Council handles all aspects of municipal governance from budgeting to zoning regulations. The mayor and council members take an active role in engaging with the community and listening to their input when making decisions for the town. There are opportunities for citizens to get involved in local politics by attending Town Council meetings or volunteering on a committee or task force. Everyone is encouraged to stay informed about current events in Hickory, as well as keep up-to-date with any upcoming election information.
The political climate in Hickory, MN is strongly conservative.
Pennington County, MN is strongly conservative. In Pennington County, MN 35.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 62.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Pennington county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 62.3% to 35.3%.
Pennington county voted Republican in five of the last six Presidential elections (2008 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Hickory, MN is strongly conservative.
Pennington County, Minnesota is strongly 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.
Hickory, Minnesota: R r d 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 Hickory, MN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 4 contributions totaling $160 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $40 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 2 contributions totaling $150 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $75 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)