Foster Township, located in Big Stone County, Minnesota is a small rural community with a population of just over 1,500 people. Here, local politics focus on issues such as public safety, infrastructure development, and economic growth. Recent initiatives have seen the building of new sidewalks and bike paths to improve local transportation options. The township recently appointed several new members to their local board of trustees, which oversees all aspects of local government in Foster Township. Members are elected by the residents every two years. Additionally, many organizations host forums where voters can meet the candidates before deciding who they want to represent them in local government. These events promote political engagement within the community. As the elections approach and debates heat up, it’s important for residents to stay informed about the issues facing Foster Township and who is running for office so that they can make an educated decision when voting.
The political climate in Foster township (Big Stone County), MN is moderately conservative.
Big Stone County, MN is strongly conservative. In Big Stone County, MN 35.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 62.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Big Stone county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 62.6% to 35.4%.
Big Stone county voted Republican in three most recent Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in the previous three.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Foster township (Big Stone County), MN is moderately conservative.
Big Stone 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.
Foster township (Big Stone County), 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 Foster township (Big Stone County), MN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 239 contributions totaling $11,815 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $49 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 36 contributions totaling $4,696 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $130 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)