Hastings, MN is a small city located in the southeastern part of Minnesota. The city has a mayor-council form of government and operates under a mayor-council charter. The current mayor of Hastings is Paul Hicks, who was elected to his second term in 2018. The seven members of the council are elected on a nonpartisan ballot to serve four year terms. The council meets regularly twice per month to discuss issues concerning the local community and debate legislative proposals. Through these meetings, the council strives to represent the best interests of the residents of Hastings as they make decisions about policies and regulations throughout the city. Residents can stay informed by attending monthly town hall meetings or checking out information posted on the city website. By staying involved with their local politics, citizens can help create an even better future for Hastings, MN.
The political climate in Hastings, MN is leaning liberal.
Dakota County, MN is somewhat liberal. In Dakota County, MN 55.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 41.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Dakota county remained strongly Democratic, 55.7% to 41.8%.
Dakota county voted Democratic in the four most recent Presidential elections, after 2000 and 2004 went Republican.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Hastings, MN is leaning liberal.
Dakota County, Minnesota is somewhat liberal.
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington Metro Area is moderately liberal.
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.
Hastings, Minnesota: r r d d d D
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 Hastings, MN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,062 contributions totaling $150,608 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $142 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 470 contributions totaling $83,710 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $178 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)