Baker Township is a small community located in Minnesota. It is a vibrant and diverse area with many people from different backgrounds, beliefs, and experiences. Politically, the town has traditionally leaned Democratic, but there are also Republican and Independent voters in the area. Local elections feature candidates from all three political parties vying for office. The current mayor of Baker Township is an Independent who was first elected in 2016 and has been reelected twice since then. Voters have consistently favored independent candidates in local elections due to their commitment to remaining open-minded and listening to both sides of every issue. Residents have confidence that their elected officials are representing their interests fairly and responsibly. With ongoing debates about issues such as job growth, education funding, public safety, healthcare access, and environmental protection taking place at the local level, it's clear that politics do matter here in Baker Township.
The political climate in Baker township (Stevens County), MN is moderately conservative.
Stevens County, MN is moderately conservative. In Stevens County, MN 37.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 59.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Stevens county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 59.9% to 37.8%.
Stevens county voted Republican in five of the last six Presidential elections (2008 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Baker township (Stevens County), MN is moderately conservative.
Stevens County, Minnesota is moderately 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.
Baker township (Stevens County), 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 Baker township (Stevens County), MN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 3 contributions totaling $105 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $35 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)