Hope, MN is a small town located in the Upper Midwest of the United States and has a population of approximately 6,000 people. Politically, Hope is primarily conservative in nature. Locals tend to vote Republican in most elections and are generally satisfied with their representation on the state and national levels. The local government consists of a mayor and city council that work together to create policies that benefit all residents. The City Council also works closely with local businesses and organizations to promote economic development and ensure a prosperous future for Hope's citizens.
The political climate in Hope, MN is strongly conservative.
Lincoln County, MN is very conservative. In Lincoln County, MN 30.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 68.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Lincoln county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 68.1% to 30.1%.
Lincoln county voted Republican in 2020, 2016, 2012 and 2004, and Democratic in 2008 and 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Hope, MN is strongly conservative.
Lincoln 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.
Hope, Minnesota: d 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 Hope, MN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 31 contributions totaling $1,281 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $41 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 42 contributions totaling $3,601 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $86 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)