Mountain Lake township, MN has a rich political history that extends back to the early days of its founding. The township is governed by a three-member board of supervisors who serve four-year terms. This board consists of the chairperson, vice chairperson and secretary/treasurer. Their primary responsibility is to ensure fiscal responsibility and oversee municipal services such as police, fire, parks, roads, and utilities.
The residents of Mountain Lake Township have several options when it comes to voting for their local government officials. During the election season local candidates run for office such as mayor, county commissioner, state representative and senator. Voters can also cast ballots in other elections such as school board races and special levies or referendums that may come before them from time to time. Additionally, national elections are held every two years during which residents can elect their Congressional representatives or vote in national referendums.
Overall, politics plays an important role in Mountain Lake Township’s daily life as elected officials make decisions on behalf of the people they represent. Residents take part in the democratic process by making informed choices on who should best serve their interests through active participation at public meetings or casting ballots at polling stations each election cycle.
The political climate in Mountain Lake township, MN is very conservative.
Cottonwood County, MN is very conservative. In Cottonwood County, MN 30.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 68.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Cottonwood county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 68.2% to 30.0%.
Cottonwood county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Mountain Lake township, MN is very conservative.
Cottonwood 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.
Mountain Lake 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 Mountain Lake township, MN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 29 contributions totaling $899 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $31 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 34 contributions totaling $4,168 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $123 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)