Oronoco Township, MN is a small rural community located in the southeastern corner of Minnesota. As a small town, the political landscape of Oronoco Township is relatively quiet. The majority of politics center around local elections and initiatives to improve life for residents. Local elections are held every two years in November for Mayor, Town Clerk, and three Township Supervisors. Voters also have the opportunity to vote on initiatives such as property tax levies that are proposed by local government. Residents have an opportunity to be involved in these local elections by volunteering or attending candidate forums hosted by civic organizations. All this helps make Oronoco Township a great place to call home!
The political climate in Oronoco township, MN is leaning conservative.
Olmsted County, MN is somewhat liberal. In Olmsted County, MN 54.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 43.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Olmsted county remained strongly Democratic, 54.2% to 43.4%.
Olmsted county voted Democratic in the four most recent Presidential elections, after 2000 and 2004 went Republican.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Oronoco township, MN is leaning conservative.
Olmsted County, Minnesota is somewhat liberal.
Rochester 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.
Oronoco township, Minnesota: r r d d d D
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 Oronoco township, MN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 5,444 contributions totaling $261,135 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $48 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 931 contributions totaling $184,319 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $198 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)