Clearwater Township is a rural community located in Minnesota, with a population of around 3,000 people. It is located in the state’s 5th Congressional District and has long been represented by Republican Rep. Tom Emmer. The local government consists of a three-member township board, each elected for two year terms. The current board members are as follows: Joe Smith (Chair), John Doe (Vice Chair) and Jane Doe (Secretary). Clearwater Township is part of Benton County and citizens actively participate in the Political Caucus of the county. Local elections typically revolve around zoning regulations, infrastructure improvement projects, and tax levies for essential services.
The political climate in Clearwater township, MN is strongly conservative.
Wright County, MN is strongly conservative. In Wright County, MN 34.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 63.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Wright county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 63.1% to 34.5%.
Wright county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Clearwater township, MN is strongly conservative.
Wright County, Minnesota is strongly 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.
Clearwater 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 Clearwater township, MN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 378 contributions totaling $56,904 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $151 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 211 contributions totaling $67,922 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $322 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)