Hammer, MN is a small town located in the Midwest. Its politics are mostly focused on local issues and keeping the town running smoothly. Hammer has no major political divisions and most people tend to agree on most points of view. The town elects members to its city council every four years to represent different aspects of its population and decide upon policies that affect the entire community. Issues such as education, public safety, economic development, and infrastructure are discussed by the council, with input from citizens in attendance. Hammer also has a mayor who presides over council meetings and acts as an advocate for the town’s interests at state and national levels of government. Overall, Hammer’s politics prioritize its citizens’ needs while considering what’s best for the town as a whole.
The political climate in Hammer, MN is very conservative.
Yellow Medicine County, MN is very conservative. In Yellow Medicine County, MN 30.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 67.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Yellow Medicine county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 67.5% to 30.5%.
Yellow Medicine county voted Republican in five of the last six Presidential elections (2008 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Hammer, MN is very conservative.
Yellow Medicine 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.
Hammer, Minnesota: r 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 Hammer, MN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 30 contributions totaling $1,038 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $35 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 10 contributions totaling $3,500 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $350 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)