Cleveland Township, located in Minnesota, is a rural area that has been known for its active political participation. Local citizens have taken part in advocacy and lobbied for better representation from their local, state and federal representatives. Residents are engaged in local politics and take an active role in deciding who will be their next politicians to represent them. It is common to see people holding signs at town hall meetings advocating for their favorite candidate, or even taking part in door-to-door campaigns with the goal of educating the community on the upcoming elections. Cleveland Township residents also rally during election season to support the candidates they believe best represent their values.
The political climate in Cleveland township, MN is strongly conservative.
Le Sueur County, MN is strongly conservative. In Le Sueur County, MN 33.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 64.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Le Sueur county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 64.1% to 33.7%.
Le Sueur county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Cleveland township, MN is strongly conservative.
Le Sueur 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.
Cleveland 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 Cleveland township, MN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 845 contributions totaling $45,906 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $54 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 264 contributions totaling $350,384 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $1,327 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)