Hackensack, MN is a small town in Itasca County with a close-knit community of residents who take pride in their local politics. The City Council of Hackensack consists of five members elected for three year terms, and the mayor is elected every two years. Issues that are debated by the council include zoning ordinances, levying certain taxes and fees, setting salaries for city employees, passing resolutions and making other decisions related to the governance and development of the city. A recently passed resolution includes a wind turbine moratorium while further research is conducted regarding its environmental impact. Members of council meet regularly throughout the year to discuss all matters that affect Hackensack.
The political climate in Hackensack, MN is strongly conservative.
Cass County, MN is strongly conservative. In Cass County, MN 34.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 63.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Cass county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 63.5% to 34.7%.
Cass county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Hackensack, MN is strongly conservative.
Cass County, Minnesota is strongly conservative.
Brainerd Metro Area 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.
Hackensack, 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 Hackensack, MN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 123 contributions totaling $12,807 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $104 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 82 contributions totaling $20,339 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $248 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)