Elbow Lake Township, MN is a small rural community located in Otter Tail County. The area is known for its agricultural background and tight-knit community. It has a history of strong local politics, with several generations of the same families holding various positions over the years. The township's government consists of a five-member Town Board that meets regularly to discuss and vote on matters affecting the community. Some of the current issues being discussed include land use regulations, road maintenance, and public safety. The town also has an active citizen participation program which encourages citizens to become involved in the decision making process and contribute their ideas on how services can be improved. Elbow Lake Township residents take a vested interest in local politics as they work together to ensure that the needs of their community are met.
The political climate in Elbow Lake township, MN is moderately conservative.
Grant County, MN is strongly conservative. In Grant County, MN 35.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 62.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Grant county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 62.1% to 35.6%.
Grant county voted Republican in five of the last six Presidential elections (2008 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Elbow Lake township, MN is moderately conservative.
Grant County, Minnesota is strongly 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.
Elbow Lake township, Minnesota: r r d 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 Elbow Lake township, MN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 100 contributions totaling $7,466 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $75 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 27 contributions totaling $2,463 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $91 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)