Elgin Township in MN is a relatively small township located in southeastern Minnesota. It has a total area of about 25 square miles and is home to around 1,000 residents. Politically, Elgin Township is mostly represented by the Republican Party. The Board of Supervisors for Elgin Township consists of three elected representatives who are all registered Republicans. There are no local political candidates running for office in Elgin Township at this time, but several state representatives from the surrounding area have held office in recent years and worked on various issues important to the town. Issues like education, infrastructure, and economic development have been some of the most pressing topics discussed among the board members and local politicians. The community also works together to come up with new ideas to help improve life for its citizens and visitors alike.
The political climate in Elgin township, MN is strongly conservative.
Wabasha County, MN is strongly conservative. In Wabasha County, MN 35.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 62.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Wabasha county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 62.1% to 35.8%.
Wabasha county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Elgin township, MN is strongly conservative.
Wabasha County, Minnesota is strongly 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.
Elgin township, Minnesota: r r r r 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 Elgin township, MN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 101 contributions totaling $5,534 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $55 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 120 contributions totaling $8,984 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $75 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)