Leon Township in Clearwater County, Minnesota is a small rural community with a population of about 5,500. It is governed by a three-member town board that meets once a month and sets the policy for local issues. The town board consists of an elected supervisor, clerk, and treasurer. Each member is elected to serve a two-year term and can be re-elected for additional terms. The town board oversees the management of roads and parks, as well as fire and police services. They also approve ordinances for safety concerns or to set zoning regulations and taxation. Various state representatives have held office in Leon Township over the years making sure that local issues are addressed at the state level when needed. Residents have the opportunity to support candidates of their choice during election times, but are typically united on most major decisions concerning Leon Township.
The political climate in Leon township (Clearwater County), MN is strongly 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
Leon township (Clearwater County), MN is strongly 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.
Leon 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 Leon township (Clearwater County), MN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 13 contributions totaling $2,878 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $221 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 7 contributions totaling $1,345 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $192 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)