Hayward Township in Minnesota has a long and proud tradition of local politics. The township is committed to representing the interests of its citizens and ensuring that all voices are heard. In order to ensure this, they hold elections every two years to elect their local officials. The officials elected include the mayor, city council members, and other offices that serve the community. The citizens of Hayward Township take their civic duty seriously and actively participate in the political process by voting and getting involved in local campaigns. There are many issues of importance to the people of Hayward Township that their elected officials must address, including economic development, education reform, environmental protection, infrastructure improvements, public safety initiatives and more. These issues are debated by candidates from both major parties as well as smaller parties during election season to provide voters with informed choices when it comes time to cast their ballot. The people of Hayward Township take pride in their local government and strive to ensure it remains responsive and accountable for its constituents’ needs.
The political climate in Hayward township, MN is moderately conservative.
Freeborn County, MN is somewhat conservative. In Freeborn County, MN 41.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 57.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Freeborn county remained very strongly Republican, 57.0% to 41.0%.
Freeborn county voted Republican in the two most recent Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in the previous four.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Hayward township, MN is moderately conservative.
Freeborn County, Minnesota is somewhat conservative.
Albert Lea Metro Area is somewhat 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.
Hayward township, Minnesota: D 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 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 Hayward township, MN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 518 contributions totaling $38,847 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $75 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 143 contributions totaling $28,623 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $200 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)