Osakis Township, located in Minnesota, is a vibrant community of about 2,000 people. It is part of the Douglas County and is governed by a Board of Supervisors consisting of five members who are elected to serve four-year terms. The Board sets policy and enacts laws that affect residents in the township, and members are active in local affairs. Every four years, residents have the opportunity to vote for their preferred candidates for Supervisor. Each candidate brings their own unique perspectives and ideas to the table when making decisions that impact the township and its citizens. Local candidates often host meet-and-greets with voters or other events to reach out and connect with people in Osakis Township about important issues facing them. Residents have a say in who they want to represent them on the Board of Supervisors, so it’s important that they exercise their right to vote every four years.
The political climate in Osakis township, MN is strongly conservative.
Douglas County, MN is very conservative. In Douglas County, MN 32.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 65.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Douglas county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 65.4% to 32.6%.
Douglas county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Osakis township, MN is strongly conservative.
Douglas County, Minnesota is very conservative.
Alexandria Metro Area 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.
Osakis 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 Osakis township, MN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 43 contributions totaling $1,965 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $46 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 6 contributions totaling $2,500 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $417 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)