56245 Hanley Falls, MN is a small town located in the Minnesota heartland, and its politics reflect the values of middle America. The people of Hanley Falls are proud to be part of a diverse and engaged community, where citizens look out for their neighbors and take part in local government. The town has an active city council that works hard to keep the town running smoothly and maintain a high quality of life for all its citizens. On election days, residents turn out to vote for the candidates of their choice who represent their interests and values. Local politicians are focused on issues that affect the everyday lives of their constituents like jobs, education, healthcare, safety, taxes, infrastructure and more. Though it's a small town with only one polling place, everyone's voice matters in 56245 Hanley Falls, MN.
The political climate in Zip 56245 (Hanley Falls, MN) is very conservative.
Yellow Medicine County, MN is very conservative. In Yellow Medicine County, MN 30.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 67.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Yellow Medicine county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 67.5% to 30.5%.
Yellow Medicine county voted Republican in five of the last six Presidential elections (2008 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 56245 (Hanley Falls, MN) is very conservative.
Hanley Falls, Minnesota is very conservative.
Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota is very conservative.
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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.
Hanley Falls, Minnesota: r r d 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 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 56245 (Hanley Falls)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 6 contributions totaling $760 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $127 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)