Barnesville Township, MN is a rural community located in Clay County. It is governed by a five-member board of supervisors who are elected to four year terms. The current supervisors include Mayor Pat Snyder and Supervisors Phil Smith, Brandy Dixon, Tom Johnson, and Ryan Worley. These individuals are responsible for setting the policy for the township and helping to ensure that its services are provided efficiently and effectively. The township is also represented in the Minnesota Senate by Senator Kent Eken, and in the House of Representatives by Representative Bob Cunniff. All of these representatives strive to work together to make Barnesville Township a great place to live, work, and play.
The political climate in Barnesville township, MN is somewhat conservative.
Clay County, MN is leaning liberal. In Clay County, MN 50.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 46.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Clay county flipped Democratic, 50.7% to 46.7%.
Clay county flipped Democratic in the most recent Presidential election (2000, 2004 and 2016 went Republican).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Barnesville township, MN is somewhat conservative.
Clay County, Minnesota is leaning liberal.
Fargo Metro Area is leaning 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.
Barnesville township, Minnesota: r r D d r d
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 Barnesville township, MN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 84 contributions totaling $3,945 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $47 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 34 contributions totaling $4,165 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $123 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)