The small town of 56647 Hines, MN is home to a diverse population that is politically active and engaged. While the town does not have a local political candidate running for office, its residents are passionate about supporting their representatives at the state level. The issues that are important to them include protecting public access to natural resources, defending civil rights and liberties, ensuring economic opportunities for all, and advocating for infrastructure improvements such as better roads and public transportation. In recent years, there has been an increased focus on environmental concerns such as pollution reduction. The people of 56647 Hines are eager to participate in politics by talking with elected officials, attending town meetings, joining committees and organizations devoted to their causes, and voting in elections. This strong sense of engagement helps ensure that their voices are heard in local and state government decision-making processes.
The political climate in Zip 56647 (Hines, MN) is somewhat conservative.
Beltrami County, MN is leaning conservative. In Beltrami County, MN 47.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 50.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Beltrami county remained Republican, 50.4% to 47.2%.
Beltrami county voted Republican again in 2020, after voting Democratic in 2012, 2008, and 2004.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 56647 (Hines, MN) is somewhat conservative.
Hines, Minnesota is somewhat conservative.
Beltrami County, Minnesota is leaning conservative.
Bemidji Metro Area is leaning conservative.
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.
Hines, Minnesota: r d D d 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 56647 (Hines)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 9 contributions totaling $280 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $31 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)