Fairfield Township in Swift County, Minnesota is a small, rural community with a population of just over 500. The political climate here is largely conservative, and the township is represented by local Republican candidates at all levels of government. The state's legislature consists of a number of Republicans elected from the region, as well as one Democrat. In addition, the county board of commissioners is currently composed entirely of members from the GOP. Although the makeup of elected officials tends to be overwhelmingly Republican in this area, that does not mean that the politics in Fairfield Township are one-sided. Local representatives value input from constituents and take seriously the needs and wishes of their constituents when considering matters before them.
The political climate in Fairfield township (Swift County), MN is moderately conservative.
Swift County, MN is strongly conservative. In Swift County, MN 34.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 63.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Swift county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 63.9% to 34.4%.
Swift county voted Republican in the two most recent Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in the previous four.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Fairfield township (Swift County), MN is moderately conservative.
Swift 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.
Fairfield township (Swift County), Minnesota: d D D d 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 Fairfield township (Swift County), MN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 33 contributions totaling $3,827 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $116 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 31 contributions totaling $5,448 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $176 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)