Hutchinson, MN is a small town located in McLeod County with a population of 14,178. It is home to many small businesses and local families who are deeply connected to the community. Politically, Hutchinson is a largely conservative town, mostly voting for Republican candidates in local and state elections. The most recent mayor of Hutchinson was elected in 2018 and is Denny Warta, who ran on a platform of fiscal responsibility and environmental stewardship. The Minnesota House of Representatives has two representatives for the area; District 17A Representative Dave Baker (Republican) and District 16B Representative Bob Vogel (Republican). At the federal level, Minnesota's 7th congressional district is represented by Collin Peterson (Democrat). In general, the citizens of Hutchinson take their political views seriously and are very involved in the civic process.
The political climate in Zip 55350 (Hutchinson, MN) is strongly conservative.
McLeod County, MN is very conservative. In McLeod County, MN 30.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 66.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, McLeod county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 66.8% to 30.6%.
McLeod county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 55350 (Hutchinson, MN) is strongly conservative.
Hutchinson, Minnesota is strongly conservative.
McLeod County, Minnesota is very conservative.
Hutchinson Metro Area is very 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.
Hutchinson, 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 55350 (Hutchinson)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 112 contributions totaling $11,423 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $102 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 283 contributions totaling $29,158 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $103 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)