Kerkhoven township is located in the state of Minnesota, and is a small rural community with a population of just over 4,000 people. The town is served by two local political organizations, the Kerkhoven Township Board and the Kerkhoven City Council. Both of these organizations are responsible for providing services to residents, such as roads repairs, police protection, public transit and other municipal services. They also oversee laws related to zoning and land use within the township. The city council is made up of seven members who are elected by the citizens every four years while the board consists of five members who are appointed by the mayor. Each organization holds meetings several times a month where they discuss current issues and make decisions for the betterment of Kerkhoven township.
The political climate in Kerkhoven township, MN is strongly conservative.
Swift County, MN is strongly conservative. In Swift County, MN 34.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 63.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Swift county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 63.9% to 34.4%.
Swift county voted Republican in the two most recent Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in the previous four.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Kerkhoven township, MN is strongly conservative.
Swift County, Minnesota is strongly 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.
Kerkhoven 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 Kerkhoven township, MN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 60 contributions totaling $6,075 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $101 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 138 contributions totaling $14,226 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $103 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)