Lake Henry township in Minnesota is a small rural area with a close-knit community and a peaceful atmosphere. While the township does not have its own local government, it is served by several larger political entities, such as the Becker County Board of Commissioners and the state legislature. The county board sets policies based on input from the residents of Lake Henry Township while the state legislature creates and enacts laws that affect all citizens of Minnesota. Both organizations strive to ensure that everyone in Lake Henry has access to fair representation and that their voices are heard on matters concerning them.
The political climate in Lake Henry township, MN is strongly conservative.
Stearns County, MN is moderately conservative. In Stearns County, MN 37.6% 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, Stearns county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 60.1% to 37.6%.
Stearns county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Lake Henry township, MN is strongly conservative.
Stearns County, Minnesota is moderately conservative.
St. Cloud Metro Area is strongly 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 Henry 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 Lake Henry township, MN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 21 contributions totaling $336 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $16 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 171 contributions totaling $29,431 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $172 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)