Good Hope Township is located in Itasca County, MN. Politically, the township is represented by local representatives on the county and state levels. On the county level, Good Hope Township is represented by District #1 Commissioner Terry Vystejna, District #2 Commissioner Dan Rechtzigel and District #3 Commissioner Steve Hauskins. At the state level, Good Hope Township is represented by Senator Tom Bakk and Representatives John Persell and Dave Lislegard in the Minnesota State Legislature. The township is also represented in Congress by Congressman Pete Stauber. Residents of the township are encouraged to stay informed about local politics and engage with their representatives to ensure that their concerns are heard and addressed.
The political climate in Good Hope township (Itasca County), MN is moderately conservative.
Itasca County, MN is moderately conservative. In Itasca County, MN 40.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 57.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Itasca county remained very strongly Republican, 57.4% to 40.6%.
Itasca county voted Republican in the two most recent Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in the previous four.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Good Hope township (Itasca County), MN is moderately conservative.
Itasca County, Minnesota is moderately 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.
Good Hope township (Itasca 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 Good Hope township (Itasca County), MN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 58 contributions totaling $1,482 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $26 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 3 contributions totaling $235 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $78 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)