Hines, MN is a small rural town located in the Upper Midwest of the United States. It is primarily an agricultural community but also has a few small businesses and manufacturing plants. The local political scene in Hines is relatively quiet, with only a few candidates running for office in recent elections. Most of the elected officials at the county and state levels are Republican Party members, though there are some Independents as well. The town does not have its own mayor or city council, instead relying on representation from the surrounding counties. Although there is minimal political activity within Hines itself, its citizens are passionate about their beliefs and regularly take part in national politics through voting and other forms of engagement.
The political climate in Hines, MN is somewhat conservative.
Beltrami County, MN is leaning conservative. In Beltrami County, MN 47.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 50.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Beltrami county remained Republican, 50.4% to 47.2%.
Beltrami county voted Republican again in 2020, after voting Democratic in 2012, 2008, and 2004.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Hines, MN is somewhat conservative.
Beltrami County, Minnesota is leaning conservative.
Bemidji Metro Area is leaning 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.
Hines, Minnesota: r d D d 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 Hines, MN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 64 contributions totaling $1,734 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $27 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 13 contributions totaling $1,680 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $129 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)