Caledonia Township, MN is an unincorporated community located in southeastern Minnesota. The township is mainly rural, with a small population of just over 400 people. Though Caledonia Township is too small to have its own local government, it does take part in the larger political landscape of the state. Politically, the area leans toward more conservative views as evidenced by the 2016 election results where Donald Trump won 60% of the vote and Hilary Clinton received just 34%. In recent years, there has been an effort to increase local political engagement in Caledonia Township. Local politicians have held meetings and town hall events in order to better understand the needs and wants of their constituents, and to make sure that they are represented at all levels of government.
The political climate in Caledonia township, MN is somewhat conservative.
Houston County, MN is somewhat conservative. In Houston County, MN 42.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 55.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Houston county remained strongly Republican, 55.4% to 42.4%.
Houston county voted Republican in four of the six previous Presidential elections (2008 and 2012 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Caledonia township, MN is somewhat conservative.
Houston County, Minnesota is somewhat conservative.
La Crosse-Onalaska Metro Area is somewhat 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.
Caledonia township, Minnesota: r r 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 Caledonia township, MN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 86 contributions totaling $6,345 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $74 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 43 contributions totaling $5,040 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $117 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)