Albert Lea township, MN is an active political region, with many passionate local residents engaging in the political process. The city is home to a variety of community organizations and initiatives that help to shape the direction of the town’s politics. Last year's local elections were hotly contested, with candidates from both sides of the aisle vying for Mayor and City Council positions. The current mayor is Shawn Pfaff, who has worked hard to bring new businesses and jobs to the area while keeping a keen eye on fiscal responsibility. The City Council also consists of experienced members from both major parties who strive to ensure that Albert Lea township remains a great place for families to live and work. With passionate citizens engaging in the political process and dedicated city representatives setting policies, Albert Lea township remains an important part of Minnesota’s political landscape.
The political climate in Albert Lea 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
Albert Lea 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.
Albert Lea 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 Albert Lea township, MN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 506 contributions totaling $38,687 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $76 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 141 contributions totaling $28,061 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $199 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)