The small La Prairie Township in Minnesota is governed by a board of supervisors, who make policy decisions for the local government. Residents of the township are able to vote for these supervisors during the annual municipal elections. The supervisors work hard to ensure that their constituents have the resources they need and that La Prairie Township remains a safe and vibrant community. During election campaigns, local political candidates often make promises to improve public safety, lower taxes, and create more job opportunities for residents. In addition to local politics, La Prairie Township is also subject to state and federal laws which dictate many aspects of life in the area. Ultimately, it is up to the residents of La Prairie Township to decide who they want as their leaders and what policies they support.
The political climate in La Prairie township (Clearwater County), MN is very conservative.
Clearwater County, MN is very conservative. In Clearwater County, MN 26.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 71.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Clearwater county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 71.6% to 26.8%.
Clearwater county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
La Prairie township (Clearwater County), MN is very conservative.
Clearwater 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.
La Prairie township (Clearwater 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 La Prairie township (Clearwater County), MN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 124 contributions totaling $11,930 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $96 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 211 contributions totaling $14,061 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $67 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)