Lake Hanska, MN is a small rural village located in the southern part of the state. Although it is a small community, it still has important politics that affect its citizens. The city is governed by a mayor and four-member City Council who are elected for two-year terms. All candidates must be residents of the city and have lived there for at least one year before the election. They are responsible for making decisions that will affect local laws, budgets, and services provided to citizens. The mayor and council members meet regularly to discuss and vote on local issues such as zoning regulations, transportation services, public safety, infrastructure improvements, zoning changes, property taxes, and parks and recreation. Each Candidate must also work hard to communicate with constituents in order to stay informed about their wants and needs from city government.
The political climate in Lake Hanska, MN is very 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
Lake Hanska, MN is very 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.
Lake 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 Lake Hanska, MN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 546 contributions totaling $60,007 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $110 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 114 contributions totaling $23,722 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $208 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)