Port Hope, MN is a small rural town located in the Midwest. With a population of just over 1,000 citizens, Port Hope is an active and engaged community. The town is served by a mayor and four council members who are elected every two years and are responsible for setting local policies and managing the budget. Although there are no current local political candidates running for office this year, past elections have been hotly contested. Citizens are passionate about their representative democracy and take every chance to voice their opinion at public meetings or on online forums. The politics in Port Hope are passionate and friendly with all parties eager to work together to improve the community for all its citizens.
The political climate in Port Hope, 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
Port Hope, 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.
Port Hope, 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 Port Hope, MN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,721 contributions totaling $81,494 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $47 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 315 contributions totaling $36,116 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $115 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)