Hastings, MN, with the zip code 55033, is located in the southeastern corner of Minnesota near the banks of the Mississippi River. The city has a small local government structure that is dedicated to helping meet the needs of its 16,000 citizens. The mayor and city council are elected every two years on a nonpartisan basis and serve as representatives for the people of Hastings. The City Council is made up of eight members who work together to set policy, develop budgets, review ordinances, and appoint members to various boards and commissions. There are several political initiatives in Hastings that focus on issues such as education funding, public safety, and economic development. Local organizations like the Hastings Chamber of Commerce also help promote economic growth and job creation by encouraging businesses to locate in or near Hastings.
The political climate in Zip 55033 (Hastings, MN) is leaning liberal.
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 55033 (Hastings, MN) is leaning liberal.
Hastings, Minnesota is leaning liberal.
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.
Hastings, 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 55033 (Hastings)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 531 contributions totaling $75,304 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $142 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 235 contributions totaling $41,855 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $178 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)