Akron Township in Wilkin County, Minnesota is a small rural community with a population of approximately 600 people. Despite its size, the town is politically active and engaged in local government decisions. Wilkin County is part of the 7th Congressional District of Minnesota and each election year residents are able to make their voices heard by selecting their preferred candidate for this district. Locally, Akron Township has its own form of government which consists of an elected board of supervisors to oversee zoning issues as well as the general welfare of town citizens. There are also representatives from various committees that are involved in town initiatives such as economic development and public safety. The residents take seriously their responsibility to vote in local elections and participate in decision making through town hall meetings and other forms of civic engagement.
The political climate in Akron township (Wilkin County), MN is strongly conservative.
Wilkin County, MN is very conservative. In Wilkin County, MN 29.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 67.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Wilkin county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 67.9% to 29.9%.
Wilkin county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Akron township (Wilkin County), MN is strongly conservative.
Wilkin County, Minnesota is very conservative.
Wahpeton Metro Area 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.
Akron township (Wilkin County), 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 Akron township (Wilkin County), MN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 10 contributions totaling $961 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $96 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 19 contributions totaling $4,375 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $230 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)