56552 Hitterdal, MN is a small town in the northwestern region of Minnesota. As such, it has a limited number of political representatives and candidates at local and state levels. At the county level, county commissioners serve as representatives for Hitterdal and decide on matters such as zoning, infrastructure projects, and the county budget. At the state level, representatives from District 5A are responsible for creating legislation that affects those in Hitterdal. In addition to these elected officials, there are also many non-partisan advocacy groups in Hitterdal that focus on specific issues like environmental protection or education funding. These organizations work to bring attention to their causes and lobby for change in government policy both locally and statewide.
The political climate in Zip 56552 (Hitterdal, MN) is somewhat conservative.
Clay County, MN is leaning liberal. In Clay County, MN 50.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 46.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Clay county flipped Democratic, 50.7% to 46.7%.
Clay county flipped Democratic in the most recent Presidential election (2000, 2004 and 2016 went Republican).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 56552 (Hitterdal, MN) is somewhat conservative.
Hitterdal, Minnesota is somewhat conservative.
Clay County, Minnesota is leaning liberal.
Fargo 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.
Hitterdal, Minnesota: r r D d r 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 56552 (Hitterdal)
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 $200 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $33 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)