Wood Lake Township in Minnesota is a rural community with a population of 6,435 people as of the 2018 census. Politically, it lies within the district of the state’s 3rd Congressional District and is represented by Congressman Dean Phillips. The township is run by a board of three supervisors who are elected to represent and manage the township’s interests and resources. In addition to the three supervisors, Wood Lake Township also has a treasurer, clerk, and road maintenance supervisor who are each appointed by the board to ensure that all operations for the township are functioning correctly. Local elections occur every two years with residents electing their supervisor candidates according to their preferences for representation in town politics. To further ensure that local representation is accurate and up-to-date, local candidates can also be nominated during general elections held via mail or online.
The political climate in Wood Lake township, MN is very conservative.
Yellow Medicine County, MN is very conservative. In Yellow Medicine County, MN 30.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 67.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Yellow Medicine county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 67.5% to 30.5%.
Yellow Medicine county voted Republican in five of the last six Presidential elections (2008 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Wood Lake township, MN is very conservative.
Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota 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.
Wood Lake township, Minnesota: r r d 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 Wood Lake township, MN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 117 contributions totaling $4,981 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $43 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 52 contributions totaling $7,570 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $146 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)