Canton Township is a small municipality in Minnesota, located in the southeastern part of the state. It is primarily known for its strong community atmosphere and its proximity to the larger cities in the area. Politically, Canton Township has long been a conservative area, with most of its residents voting Republican in national and statewide elections. At the local level, however, there has been more diverse representation of political beliefs and candidates competing for office. In recent years, the residents of Canton Township have voted for candidates from both major parties in local elections. Additionally, many independent or smaller party candidates have run for office as well as having success at the ballot box. This diversity of voices has allowed locals to focus on issues that are important to their community while still engaging with broader conversations about politics and policy statewide.
The political climate in Canton township, MN is strongly conservative.
Fillmore County, MN is moderately conservative. In Fillmore County, MN 37.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 60.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Fillmore county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 60.1% to 37.5%.
Fillmore county voted Republican in the two most recent Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in the previous four.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Canton township, MN is strongly conservative.
Fillmore County, Minnesota is moderately conservative.
Rochester 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.
Canton 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 Canton township, MN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 424 contributions totaling $7,518 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $18 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 32 contributions totaling $13,440 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $420 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)