Stanchfield Township, MN is a rural community located in Isanti County. It is governed by a three-member board of supervisors who are elected by the township residents. The board sets policies such as tax rates, determines the need for any zoning ordinances or changes to existing ones, and makes decisions on permit applications for various types of development within the township. In addition, Stanchfield Township holds elections every two years to determine which candidates will serve on the board of supervisors. These elections are open to all registered voters living in the township. Over recent years, issues such as increasing taxes for road maintenance and reducing restrictions on land development have been hotly contested at these elections. Residents of Stanchfield Township take their civic responsibility very seriously and turn out in large numbers to cast their votes during local political campaigns.
The political climate in Stanchfield township, MN is very conservative.
Isanti County, MN is very conservative. In Isanti County, MN 29.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 68.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Isanti county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 68.0% to 29.5%.
Isanti county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Stanchfield township, MN is very conservative.
Isanti County, Minnesota is very conservative.
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington Metro Area is moderately liberal.
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.
Stanchfield 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 Stanchfield township, MN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 34 contributions totaling $549 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $16 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 69 contributions totaling $10,758 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $156 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)