Deerfield Township (Steele County), Minnesota is located in the southeast corner of the state, just a few miles from the Iowa border. The township has a population of roughly 2,500 people and is predominately rural. Deerfield Township is governed by a three-member Board of Trustees and an elected Clerk/Treasurer. Elected officials serve staggered four year terms with two seats open for election every two years.
The township’s political landscape can be described as a mix between moderate Republican and Democratic party values. As such, local elections tend to be competitive with candidates running on both sides of the aisle. While these contests are often close races, no one candidate or party has been able to dominate the field thus far. This has allowed for healthy debate around important issues such as public safety, infrastructure, education funding, and economic growth in the area. The township road board also offers residents an additional avenue for political action through their support of local projects such as road repairs and improvements to municipal buildings.
The political climate in Deerfield township (Steele County), MN is strongly conservative.
Steele County, MN is moderately conservative. In Steele County, MN 37.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 59.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Steele county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 59.9% to 37.5%.
Steele county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Deerfield township (Steele County), MN is strongly conservative.
Steele County, Minnesota is moderately conservative.
Owatonna Metro Area 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.
Deerfield township (Steele County), 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 Deerfield township (Steele County), MN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,058 contributions totaling $43,885 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $41 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 326 contributions totaling $30,879 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $95 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)