The city of Hanover, MN (55341) is a small community situated in the southwestern part of Minnesota. It has a population of around 5,000 people who are mostly families, retirees, and young professionals. The city is served by a mayor-council form of government with the mayor and four council members being elected every four years. Local politics in 55341 Hanover, MN focuses on issues such as public safety, infrastructure improvements, economic development, and quality of life initiatives. Elections are held regularly to determine the local candidates who will represent both sides of the political spectrum and serve the needs of the citizens. Residents can get involved in local politics by attending Town Hall meetings or voting in local elections.
The political climate in Zip 55341 (Hanover, MN) is strongly conservative.
Wright County, MN is strongly conservative. In Wright County, MN 34.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 63.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Wright county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 63.1% to 34.5%.
Wright county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 55341 (Hanover, MN) is strongly conservative.
Hanover, Minnesota is strongly conservative.
Wright County, Minnesota is strongly conservative.
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.
Hanover, 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 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 55341 (Hanover)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 66 contributions totaling $13,881 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $210 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 35 contributions totaling $21,292 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $608 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)