Courtland Township, Minnesota is a small rural community located in the southeastern corner of the state. It is a tight-knit community with a population of around 1,000 people. Despite its small size, Courtland Township is an important part of the larger Minnesota political landscape. The township has two major local political parties – the Democratic and Republican parties – that work together to ensure that residents have access to representation and services from county and state government. Local candidates for office are nominated at party caucuses and then elected by voters during general elections. Issues important to Courtland Township include infrastructure improvements, economic development initiatives, and providing local schools with adequate funding. In addition to these local concerns, Courtland Township residents also keep track of state-level politics such as election of the governor, passing or amending laws through the legislature, and appointing judges to serve on the Supreme Court. With its commitment to civic engagement and participation in democracy, Courtland Township serves as an example for other townships throughout Minnesota.
The political climate in Courtland township, MN is somewhat conservative.
Nicollet County, MN is leaning liberal. In Nicollet County, MN 50.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 47.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Nicollet county flipped Democratic, 50.3% to 47.2%.
Nicollet county flipped back Democratic in 2020, after voting Republican in 2000 and 2016.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Courtland township, MN is somewhat conservative.
Nicollet County, Minnesota is leaning liberal.
Mankato Metro Area is leaning 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.
Courtland township, Minnesota: r d D d r d
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 Courtland township, MN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 537 contributions totaling $60,127 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $112 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 131 contributions totaling $29,795 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $227 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)