Hudson, Minnesota is a small town located in St. Croix County on the Wisconsin border. With a population of about 14,000 people, Hudson is a unique and vibrant community that is proud of its local traditions and culture. Politically, Hudson is split between the Republican and Democratic parties, with both sides actively engaging in state and local elections. In recent years, the issues that have been important to Hudson’s residents have included education funding, environmental protection, and economic development. Local candidates from both major political parties have worked to represent their constituents’ interests in these areas as well as other issues important to the citizens of Hudson.
The political climate in Hudson, MN is strongly conservative.
Douglas County, MN is very conservative. In Douglas County, MN 32.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 65.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Douglas county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 65.4% to 32.6%.
Douglas county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Hudson, MN is strongly conservative.
Douglas County, Minnesota is very conservative.
Alexandria 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.
Hudson, 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 if the Democratic Party candidate won and I if the Independent Party candidate won. 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 Hudson, MN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 414 contributions totaling $27,338 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $66 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 499 contributions totaling $62,967 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $126 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)