Cokato Township is located in the state of Minnesota and is governed by a small local government body. The township has an elected supervisor, treasurer and clerk who are responsible for overseeing the day-to-day operations of the Township. They are also responsible for ensuring that all financial matters are managed properly and that all legal matters are handled efficiently. Additionally, they work with local agencies to ensure that citizens have access to various services such as fire protection, road maintenance, waste disposal, and more. On a larger scale, Cokato Township works closely with both the state and federal governments to ensure that residents are provided with adequate resources and protection against environmental degradation or intrusion from outside sources. By working together these governing bodies strive to provide the best possible quality of life for its residents.
The political climate in Cokato township, MN is strongly conservative.
Wright County, MN is strongly conservative. In Wright County, MN 34.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 63.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Wright county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 63.1% to 34.5%.
Wright county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Cokato township, MN is strongly conservative.
Wright County, Minnesota is strongly conservative.
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.
Cokato township, 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 Cokato township, MN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 82 contributions totaling $1,891 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $23 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 40 contributions totaling $2,586 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $65 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)