Lake Benton Township in Minnesota is a small rural community located in western Lincoln County. Although it is a small town, Lake Benton Township is full of vibrant political activity that serves to represent and protect the interests of its residents. The township holds regular elections for various governmental positions that are critical to ensuring smooth operations of the local government. Positions such as mayor, city council members, county supervisors, and school board members are all elected by local citizens, allowing for a direct expression of the will of the people. Additionally, many campaigns for state and national offices also have an impact on the township's politics. Through these elections, citizens can feel their voices are being heard and that their opinions matter when it comes to deciding who should represent them at higher levels of government.
The political climate in Lake Benton township, MN is strongly conservative.
Lincoln County, MN is very conservative. In Lincoln County, MN 30.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 68.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Lincoln county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 68.1% to 30.1%.
Lincoln county voted Republican in 2020, 2016, 2012 and 2004, and Democratic in 2008 and 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Lake Benton township, MN is strongly conservative.
Lincoln 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.
Lake Benton township, Minnesota: d r d 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 Lake Benton township, MN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 92 contributions totaling $4,906 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $53 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 80 contributions totaling $21,997 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $275 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)