Hamden, MN is a small town in the Midwestern United States known for its friendly locals and stunning natural scenery. Despite its size, the community is active politically and has hosted several local elections in recent years. While the town does not have any national representatives, there are many local political candidates who have been involved in local election campaigns. These candidates represent various points of view and have differing views on important issues such as education, infrastructure, economic growth, and public safety. With an engaged population, these candidates have a unique opportunity to get their message across to the citizens of Hamden. As this small town continues to grow and evolve, it will be interesting to see what issues arise during future elections and how the residents of Hamden will respond.
The political climate in Hamden, MN is strongly conservative.
Becker County, MN is strongly conservative. In Becker County, MN 34.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 64.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Becker county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 64.1% to 34.0%.
Becker county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Hamden, MN is strongly conservative.
Becker County, Minnesota 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.
Hamden, 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 Hamden, MN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 344 contributions totaling $63,311 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $184 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 199 contributions totaling $32,366 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $163 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)