Arlington Township, located in Minnesota, is a small community whose local politics are focused on the issues that impact its residents. Local officials strive to create policies and programs that support the needs of their constituents such as maintaining infrastructure, providing access to quality services, and promoting economic development. The town has an elected mayor and five-member Town Council who meet regularly to discuss current issues facing the town. They also consider proposed ordinances and resolutions that affect the people of Arlington Township. Through their efforts, local leaders have been able to successfully maintain a safe environment and ensure that residents have access to the resources they need.
The political climate in Arlington township, MN is very conservative.
Sibley County, MN is very conservative. In Sibley County, MN 28.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 69.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Sibley county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 69.4% to 28.6%.
Sibley county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Arlington township, MN is very conservative.
Sibley 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.
Arlington 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 Arlington township, MN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 21 contributions totaling $1,715 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $82 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1 contributions totaling $25 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $25 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)