Glencoe Township, Minnesota is a small community located in McLeod County. The township has no population numbers and is governed by a three-member Board of Supervisors that are elected every two years. Each member represents their own district within the township and serve for a maximum of three consecutive terms. The Board of Supervisors is responsible for all aspects of governance, including establishing policies and procedures, setting budgets, appointing committees and administering programs. They also work closely with local business owners to ensure a thriving local economy and advocate for any changes needed in order to improve the quality of life in Glencoe Township. Currently, there are no local political candidates running for office in Glencoe Township.
The political climate in Glencoe township, MN is strongly conservative.
McLeod County, MN is very conservative. In McLeod County, MN 30.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 66.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, McLeod county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 66.8% to 30.6%.
McLeod county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Glencoe township, MN is strongly conservative.
McLeod County, Minnesota is very conservative.
Hutchinson Metro Area is very 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.
Glencoe 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 Glencoe township, MN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 98 contributions totaling $4,670 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $48 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 66 contributions totaling $5,700 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $86 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)