Mankato Township in Minnesota is a small municipality located in Blue Earth County. It is governed by a five-member board of supervisors, elected from the community’s residents. The township board meets regularly to discuss and pass laws and regulations regarding local affairs. The board also has the responsibility of appointing members to certain positions on various committees like the Planning Commission, Board of Zoning Adjustments, Parks and Recreation Commission, and Environmental Advisory Committee. These committees help advise the town's governing body on important matters such as economic development, land use planning, recreation facilities and parks, pollution prevention initiatives, and other related topics. All members of these committees are appointed by the township board for two-year terms that run concurrently with the current officeholders' term of office. These appointed officials along with local residents make up Mankato Township’s active political scene. Together they strive to create a better environment for their community while also engaging in productive dialogue about issues that matter most to them.
The political climate in Mankato township, MN is leaning conservative.
Blue Earth County, MN is leaning liberal. In Blue Earth County, MN 50.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 46.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Blue Earth county flipped Democratic, 50.8% to 46.4%.
Blue Earth county flipped back Democratic in 2020, after voting Republican in 2000 and 2016.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Mankato township, MN is leaning conservative.
Blue Earth County, Minnesota is leaning liberal.
Mankato Metro Area is leaning 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.
Mankato township, Minnesota: r d D d r d
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 Mankato township, MN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,345 contributions totaling $175,470 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $130 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 411 contributions totaling $162,774 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $396 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)