Hutchinson, Minnesota is a small city located in McLeod County. It has a population of approximately 14,000 people and is part of the Minneapolis–Saint Paul metropolitan area. The politics in Hutchinson are largely centered around local issues, such as economic growth, public safety, and infrastructure development. Citizens have an interest in making their community an inviting and thriving environment for all who live there. In order to achieve these goals, citizens elect representatives each election cycle that will serve their interests. Local candidates focus on initiatives that will benefit the citizens of Hutchinson and prioritize them over partisan politics. In recent years, the city has seen many improvements to its infrastructure and services with the help of successful candidates that have been elected by local citizens.
The political climate in Hutchinson, MN is moderately conservative.
McLeod County, MN is very conservative. In McLeod County, MN 30.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 66.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, McLeod county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 66.8% to 30.6%.
McLeod county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Hutchinson, MN is moderately conservative.
McLeod County, Minnesota is very conservative.
Hutchinson 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.
Hutchinson, 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 Hutchinson, MN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 112 contributions totaling $11,423 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $102 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 283 contributions totaling $29,158 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $103 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)