Halstad Township is located in Minnesota's Clay County and has a rich history of political involvement. While the township does not have any local representatives, it is enthusiastic about participating in county-wide and state-wide politics. Residents are actively engaged in elections, showing up to the polls and promoting their preferred candidates. The town has seen its share of heated debates between candidates in recent years, with residents from both sides of the aisle rallying behind their chosen representatives. Halstad Township also hosts a variety of nonpartisan events throughout the year such as candidate forums and town hall meetings where citizens can voice their concerns and engage with political leaders. People in Halstad Township take their civic responsibility very seriously and they are passionate about making sure their voices are heard on election day.
The political climate in Halstad township, MN is moderately conservative.
Norman County, MN is somewhat conservative. In Norman County, MN 40.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 56.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Norman county remained very strongly Republican, 56.8% to 40.8%.
Norman county voted Republican again in 2020, after voting Democratic in 2012, 2008, and 2004.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Halstad township, MN is moderately conservative.
Norman County, Minnesota is somewhat 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.
Halstad township, Minnesota: r 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 Halstad township, MN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 3 contributions totaling $800 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $267 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)