Pine River Township is a small town located in Minnesota, with a population of approximately 5,000 people. Despite its relatively small size, Pine River Township has an active and engaged political community. Local elections are often contested and hotly debated, with citizens engaging in spirited dialogue about the various candidates running for office. The current mayor is Joe Smith, who was elected to the position in 2018 after campaigning on a platform of improved infrastructure and economic development. In addition to the mayor, there are five city council members who work together to enact legislation and manage the day-to-day operations of the township. There are also a number of state representatives from Pine River Township who represent constituents at the state level. All of this activity ensures that Pine River Township remains an active and vibrant political community, with citizens engaged in both local and statewide politics.
The political climate in Pine River township, MN is strongly conservative.
Cass County, MN is strongly conservative. In Cass County, MN 34.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 63.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Cass county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 63.5% to 34.7%.
Cass county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Pine River township, MN is strongly conservative.
Cass County, Minnesota is strongly conservative.
Brainerd 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.
Pine River 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 Pine River township, MN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 147 contributions totaling $58,941 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $401 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 75 contributions totaling $15,554 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $207 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)