Northfield Township is located in Rice County, Minnesota and is a rural area with a population of just over 4,000 people. This small township has a thriving community with many civic organizations that contribute to the overall wellbeing of the area. Politics in Northfield Township primarily revolves around local elections for township offices such as Supervisor, Town Clerk, Treasurer, Assessor, and Constable. Elections for these positions are held every two years and candidates for office must be endorsed by at least five registered voters within the township. The local politics in Northfield Township are dedicated to maintaining the quality of life in this small community and ensuring that all of its citizens have access to necessary resources.
The political climate in Northfield township, MN is somewhat conservative.
Rice County, MN is leaning liberal. In Rice County, MN 48.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 48.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Rice county remained narrowly Republican, 48.9% to 48.8%.
Rice county voted Republican in the two most recent Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in the previous four.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Northfield township, MN is somewhat conservative.
Rice County, Minnesota is leaning liberal.
Faribault-Northfield 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.
Northfield 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 Northfield township, MN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 5,229 contributions totaling $305,386 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $58 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 346 contributions totaling $77,852 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $225 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)