Preston Township, MN is a small rural community located in southeastern Minnesota. It is home to a variety of businesses and small farms. Despite its small size, the politics in Preston Township are still an important part of life for many residents. The township holds regular town meetings to discuss local issues, and all citizens are invited to participate in these conversations. Local elections take place every four years and residents can vote for their preferred candidates from a slate of candidates that have declared themselves eligible to run for office. In addition, the township has implemented numerous initiatives to ensure that all citizens have access to equal representation in local government- from establishing an advisory board made up predominantly of citizens with different backgrounds and perspectives to forming committees dedicated to addressing specific community issues. These efforts help ensure that everyone's voice is heard when it comes to the politics of Preston Township.
The political climate in Preston township, MN is moderately conservative.
Fillmore County, MN is moderately conservative. In Fillmore County, MN 37.5% 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, Fillmore county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 60.1% to 37.5%.
Fillmore county voted Republican in the two most recent Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in the previous four.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Preston township, MN is moderately conservative.
Fillmore County, Minnesota is moderately conservative.
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.
Preston 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 Preston township, MN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 450 contributions totaling $9,244 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $21 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 57 contributions totaling $6,992 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $123 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)