Long Prairie Township in Minnesota is a small community located in Todd County. Politically, the township is part of Minnesota's 7th Congressional District and is represented in the US House of Representatives by Collin Peterson. At the state level, Long Prairie Township belongs to district 12B, which is represented by Republicans Jeff Backer and Tim Miller in the Minnesota House of Representatives. The township also has representation on the Todd County Board of Commissioners, with one commissioner for each precinct within the county. This year’s election will be held on November 3rd and candidates will be running for two of the open seats on the board. In addition to these local representatives, Long Prairie Township also relies on county-wide organizations such as Soil and Water Conservation Districts to provide services related to conservation and environmental protection.
The political climate in Long Prairie township, MN is very conservative.
Todd County, MN is very conservative. In Todd County, MN 24.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 73.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Todd county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 73.6% to 24.8%.
Todd county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Long Prairie township, MN is very conservative.
Todd County, Minnesota 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.
Long Prairie 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 Long Prairie township, MN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 126 contributions totaling $8,168 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $65 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 44 contributions totaling $7,420 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $169 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)