Hollandale, Minnesota is a small town located in Freeborn County with a population of just over 800 people. The town is governed by a mayor-council system, with both the mayor and council members elected on a nonpartisan basis. Elections take place every two years, with the most recent election taking place in 2020. The current mayor of Hollandale is Linda Johnson who was elected to the position in 2018. The city council consists of four members who work together to make decisions about the community’s future. In addition, there are several local government boards and committees that oversee key areas such as public safety and infrastructure. This ensures that all residents of Hollandale have their voices heard when it comes to important issues that affect the city.
The political climate in Hollandale, MN is moderately conservative.
Freeborn County, MN is somewhat conservative. In Freeborn County, MN 41.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 57.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Freeborn county remained very strongly Republican, 57.0% to 41.0%.
Freeborn county voted Republican in the two most recent Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in the previous four.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Hollandale, MN is moderately conservative.
Freeborn County, Minnesota is somewhat conservative.
Albert Lea Metro Area is somewhat 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.
Hollandale, Minnesota: D D D D 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 Hollandale, MN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 3 contributions totaling $225 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $75 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1 contributions totaling $206 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $206 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)