Paynesville Township, MN is an area that is known for its engaging political environment. The township has a small population of about 3,000 residents and is governed by a mayor-council system. This system works to ensure that all citizens are represented in the decision-making process and their voices are heard. Paynesville Township also has a variety of local political organizations and committees that work to promote civic engagement and local issues. The town regularly hosts debates between candidates running for office and encourages members of the community to attend. Additionally, Paynesville Township prides itself on its commitment to working closely with other Minnesota townships to support common causes and initiatives across the state.
The political climate in Paynesville township, MN is moderately conservative.
Stearns County, MN is moderately conservative. In Stearns County, MN 37.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 60.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Stearns county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 60.1% to 37.6%.
Stearns county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Paynesville township, MN is moderately conservative.
Stearns County, Minnesota is moderately conservative.
St. Cloud Metro Area is strongly 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.
Paynesville 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 Paynesville township, MN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 17 contributions totaling $246 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $14 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 114 contributions totaling $11,651 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $102 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)