Hale, MN is a small city in the state of Minnesota. The city is governed by a mayor and five city council members, who are elected every two years on a nonpartisan basis. All citizens are eligible to vote in local elections. Hale’s city government focuses on providing basic public services, such as public safety and transportation infrastructure. Public education is managed by the local school district, while health care is provided through a variety of private and public medical facilities. Hale also has an active community life with several parks and recreational areas, as well as many businesses that provide goods and services to the community. As a whole, the people of Hale feel that their local government does a good job representing their interests and ensuring that they have all the necessary resources needed for a successful life in the area.
The political climate in Hale, 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
Hale, 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.
Hale, 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 Hale, 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)