Kasota Township, MN is a small community located in south-central Minnesota. It is an area known for its rural charm and agriculture-based economy. The township has traditionally been governed by a three-member Town Board who are elected to serve four year terms. Government duties include setting policy, creating ordinances, and approving the annual budget. In recent years Kasota Township has seen an increase in development as well as an influx of new residents due to its proximity to larger cities. As such, politics in the town have become more active with several candidates running for town board positions each election cycle. The current Town Board works diligently to ensure the best interests of all citizens are represented and that Kasota continues to remain a vibrant and livable community for generations to come.
The political climate in Kasota township, MN is strongly conservative.
Le Sueur County, MN is strongly conservative. In Le Sueur County, MN 33.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 64.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Le Sueur county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 64.1% to 33.7%.
Le Sueur county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Kasota township, MN is strongly conservative.
Le Sueur County, Minnesota is strongly conservative.
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington Metro Area is moderately liberal.
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.
Kasota township, 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 Kasota township, MN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 913 contributions totaling $51,511 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $56 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 264 contributions totaling $351,959 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $1,333 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)