Finlayson Township in Minnesota is a rural area with a population of approximately 2,500 people. Located in Pine County, Finlayson is governed by a three-member town board that is elected by the community. Finlayson has two main political parties: the Republican Party and the Democratic Party. Both parties have had past members on the town board, but usually one party will control the majority of seats during an election cycle. The local elections for town board are usually quite competitive as both parties strive to gain control of the board and implement their own political views on local issues such as taxation, infrastructure spending, and zoning ordinances. The local politics in Finlayson Township reflects many of the larger state political issues that are relevant to Minnesota's residents.
The political climate in Finlayson township, MN is strongly conservative.
Pine County, MN is strongly conservative. In Pine County, MN 33.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 64.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Pine county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 64.1% to 33.9%.
Pine county voted Republican in three most recent Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in the previous three.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Finlayson township, MN is strongly conservative.
Pine 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.
Finlayson township, Minnesota: d d 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 Finlayson township, MN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 79 contributions totaling $2,136 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $27 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 52 contributions totaling $6,259 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $120 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)