Elmer Township is located in Pipestone County, Minnesota and it is governed by a five-member board of commissioners elected by the community. The current board members serve staggered three-year terms and strive to represent all of the residents’ interests. They are responsible for setting policy, passing resolutions, and levying taxes as necessary. The township also works with the county government on various civic projects such as road construction and infrastructure maintenance. In addition to local government services, Elmer Township is home to a variety of state agencies including the Department of Natural Resources, Human Services, and Agriculture. Residents have access to a wide variety of services offered through these organizations. The town is known for its strong sense of community and involvement in local politics which helps keep citizens up-to-date on important issues that affect their quality of life.
The political climate in Elmer township (Pipestone County), MN is very conservative.
Pipestone County, MN is very conservative. In Pipestone County, MN 26.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 71.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Pipestone county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 71.9% to 26.4%.
Pipestone county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Elmer township (Pipestone County), MN is very conservative.
Pipestone County, Minnesota 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.
Elmer township (Pipestone 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 Elmer township (Pipestone County), MN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 69 contributions totaling $3,885 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $56 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 69 contributions totaling $20,816 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $302 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)