New Hope, MN is a small city with a population of about 20,000 people. The city has recently gone through some major changes in its politics. In the last local election, there were nine candidates running for mayor and four candidates running for city council. All of the candidates ran on platforms advocating for better public safety, increased investments in infrastructure, more affordable housing options, and support for small businesses. Each candidate also brought their own unique ideas to the table which they believed could help improve the quality of life in New Hope for all residents. As mayor, each candidate proposed policies to address issues such as poverty and homelessness while also creating jobs and economic growth. Residents had the opportunity to learn more about each candidate's plans during campaign rallies and debates throughout the city leading up to Election Day. The results of this election have left everyone looking forward to what’s next for New Hope politics and how it will foster growth in the area.
The political climate in New Hope, MN is moderately liberal.
Hennepin County, MN is very liberal. In Hennepin County, MN 70.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 27.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Hennepin county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 70.5% to 27.2%.
Hennepin county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
New Hope, MN is moderately liberal.
Hennepin County, Minnesota is very liberal.
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington Metro Area is moderately liberal.
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.
New Hope, Minnesota: D D D D D D
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 New Hope, MN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,962 contributions totaling $93,189 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $48 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 346 contributions totaling $54,721 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $158 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)