Elizabeth Township is located in Minnesota and has a long history of political involvement. The township is represented by a variety of elected officials at the local, state, and federal levels. At the local level, Elizabeth Township is represented by a Town Board that consists of the Chairperson, Clerk, Treasurer, and three Supervisors. These individuals are elected by residents every four years to serve as their representatives on the municipal government. The Town Board meets regularly to discuss and vote on issues such as budgeting and land use planning. On the state level, Elizabeth Township is represented in the Minnesota State Legislature by Senator Edina Williams and Representative Dave Lislegard. They work with their fellow legislators to pass laws that benefit the citizens of Elizabeth Township. Lastly, Elizabeth Township also has federal representation by Senators Amy Klobuchar and Tina Smith, who advocate for residents at the national level. Overall, politics plays an important role in Elizabeth Township with many different elected officials working hard to ensure that citizens have access to quality services and resources.
The political climate in Elizabeth township, MN is strongly conservative.
Otter Tail County, MN is very conservative. In Otter Tail County, MN 32.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 65.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Otter Tail county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 65.4% to 32.9%.
Otter Tail county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Elizabeth township, MN is strongly conservative.
Otter Tail County, Minnesota is very conservative.
Fergus Falls Metro Area is very 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.
Elizabeth 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 Elizabeth township, MN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 288 contributions totaling $22,129 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $77 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 184 contributions totaling $25,510 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $139 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)