Hanska, MN is a small town located in Brown County with an approximate population of 518 people. Politically, the town is composed of a mix of conservative and liberal ideas, with local elections determining the governance of the area. The city council is made up of five members who all serve four-year terms and are responsible for managing the budget and implementing policies for the town. These members are elected by Hanska residents in municipal elections that take place every two years. In addition to the council, Hanska has a mayor who is also elected by local voters and serves four-year terms. While there have been no recent local political candidates, Hanska's current mayor has done an excellent job representing the interests of citizens while maintaining a healthy budget. This has helped to ensure that Hanska remains a peaceful and prosperous community where residents can work together to create a better future for everyone.
The political climate in Hanska, MN is strongly conservative.
Brown County, MN is very conservative. In Brown County, MN 32.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 65.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Brown county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 65.3% to 32.5%.
Brown county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Hanska, MN is strongly conservative.
Brown County, Minnesota is very conservative.
New Ulm 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.
Hanska, 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 Hanska, MN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 29 contributions totaling $525 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $18 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 26 contributions totaling $1,531 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $59 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)