Hay Brook, MN is a small town located in the Midwest of the United States. Although it is small in size, the politics of Hay Brook have a large impact on its citizens. The local government of Hay Brook works to help provide services and infrastructure to better the town and its residents. Local initiatives are taken to ensure that everyone in the community receives their fair share and that everyone's voices are heard. Elections for local political candidates take place every two years, providing citizens with an opportunity to choose who will represent them at the local level. Issues such as healthcare, education, taxes, transportation, and public safety all come into play during these elections. Politicians from both major parties compete for votes each election cycle and work hard to ensure that they are advocating for their constituents’ needs.
The political climate in Hay Brook, MN is very conservative.
Kanabec County, MN is very conservative. In Kanabec County, MN 30.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 67.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Kanabec county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 67.9% to 30.0%.
Kanabec county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Hay Brook, MN is very conservative.
Kanabec 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.
Hay Brook, 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 Hay Brook, MN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 35 contributions totaling $2,109 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $60 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 15 contributions totaling $941 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $63 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)