Holt Township, located in Fillmore County, Minnesota, is a small township with rural roots. It is a tight knit community that values hard work and family. Although Holt Township is small in size, it has a strong sense of civic pride. The local government consists of an elected Board of Supervisors who are responsible for the general governance of the township. Residents also elect several offices at the county level to represent their interests on matters such as transportation and land usage. These roles are held by representatives who are familiar with the distinctive needs of Holt Township citizens. When it comes to politics, Holt Township residents tend to lean conservative and support candidates who will help maintain their rural way of life while still offering necessary services to its citizens.
The political climate in Holt township (Fillmore County), MN is strongly conservative.
Fillmore County, MN is moderately conservative. In Fillmore County, MN 37.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 60.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Fillmore county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 60.1% to 37.5%.
Fillmore county voted Republican in the two most recent Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in the previous four.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Holt township (Fillmore County), MN is strongly conservative.
Fillmore County, Minnesota is moderately conservative.
Rochester Metro Area is leaning 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.
Holt township (Fillmore 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 Holt township (Fillmore County), MN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 75 contributions totaling $3,327 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $44 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 35 contributions totaling $2,506 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $72 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)