Foster Township in Faribault County, Minnesota is a rural area that has a relatively small population. The township is governed by an elected board of supervisors whose job it is to look after the town's affairs and ensure its citizens receive the best possible services. The board meets regularly to discuss issues such as taxation, infrastructure, local economic development, public safety, education, and environmental protection. The board also makes sure that all Foster Township residents are represented fairly in county-level decisions. Elected officials and representatives from the state legislature are also involved in discussions about issues that affect the lives of people living in Foster Township. Although Foster Township is not located near any major cities or metropolitan areas, it still manages to make its voice heard when it comes to political matters on both the local and state levels.
The political climate in Foster township (Faribault County), MN is very conservative.
Faribault County, MN is very conservative. In Faribault County, MN 32.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 65.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Faribault county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 65.6% to 32.0%.
Faribault county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Foster township (Faribault County), MN is very conservative.
Faribault 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.
Foster township (Faribault 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 Foster township (Faribault County), MN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 111 contributions totaling $20,060 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $181 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 21 contributions totaling $5,529 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $263 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)