Hutchinson Township, MN is a small rural community located in central Minnesota. Its politics are centered around the local government, which consists of a five-member town board that meets regularly to discuss and decide on issues that affect the township. They are responsible for setting policies and ordinances for issues such as zoning, taxation, roads, and public safety. There is also an elected mayor who serves as the leader of the local government. Each year the township holds elections to fill various positions ranging from mayor to county commissioner. During election season, residents have the opportunity to learn more about their candidates and express their opinions through voting. The community of Hutchinson Township works together to ensure that their concerns are heard by their political representatives and their needs are addressed appropriately.
The political climate in Hutchinson township, MN is very conservative.
McLeod County, MN is very conservative. In McLeod County, MN 30.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 66.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, McLeod county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 66.8% to 30.6%.
McLeod county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Hutchinson township, MN is very conservative.
McLeod County, Minnesota is very conservative.
Hutchinson Metro Area 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.
Hutchinson township, 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 Hutchinson township, MN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 134 contributions totaling $11,649 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $87 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 287 contributions totaling $29,758 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $104 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)