Hampton, Minnesota is a small town located in the heart of Steele County. While it may be a small town, it still has an active and thriving political environment. The town is part of the state senate district 22, which is represented by Senator John Jasinski. At the local level, Hampton is part of Steele County Commissioner District 4, which is currently represented by Commissioner Joe Foxx. Hampton also elects council members to serve on its Town Council and Mayor to lead the town. Currently, Mayor Mike Gunderson is leading the city with an experienced and knowledgeable team of council members who come from various backgrounds and experiences. These representatives work hard to ensure that Hampton remains a safe and prosperous community for all its residents.
The political climate in Zip 55031 (Hampton, MN) is leaning conservative.
Dakota County, MN is somewhat liberal. In Dakota County, MN 55.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 41.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Dakota county remained strongly Democratic, 55.7% to 41.8%.
Dakota county voted Democratic in the four most recent Presidential elections, after 2000 and 2004 went Republican.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 55031 (Hampton, MN) is leaning conservative.
Hampton, Minnesota is leaning conservative.
Dakota County, Minnesota is somewhat 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.
Hampton, Minnesota: r r 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 for the Democrat and I for the Independent. 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 zip 55031 (Hampton)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 98 contributions totaling $10,528 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $107 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 4 contributions totaling $1,500 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $375 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)