Dover Township in Minnesota is a small rural community nestled in the woods and rolling hills of southeastern Minnesota. It is a close-knit, family-friendly town with a proud history of strong civic engagement and local government leadership. The current Board of Supervisors consists of five members who are elected at large for four year terms by the voters of Dover Township. They are responsible for enacting ordinances that govern our community, approving budgets and overseeing major projects. Dover Township also has a mayor who serves as an advisor to the board and is elected by popular vote every two years. The mayor leads the township meetings, enforcing regulations and representing Dover Township in regional events and organizations. With its local government actively engaged with their citizens, Dover Township is committed to staying informed on current issues while preserving its historical roots.
The political climate in Dover township, MN is somewhat conservative.
Olmsted County, MN is somewhat liberal. In Olmsted County, MN 54.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 43.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Olmsted county remained strongly Democratic, 54.2% to 43.4%.
Olmsted county voted Democratic in the four most recent Presidential elections, after 2000 and 2004 went Republican.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Dover township, MN is somewhat conservative.
Olmsted County, Minnesota is somewhat liberal.
Rochester Metro Area is leaning 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.
Dover township, Minnesota: r r d d d 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 Dover township, MN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 334 contributions totaling $19,510 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $58 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 46 contributions totaling $9,836 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $214 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)