Maple Ridge Township in Isanti County, Minnesota is a small rural community. With a population of just over 2,400 people, Maple Ridge Township's political landscape is focused on keeping the community safe and prosperous for its citizens. Local elections often feature candidates that prioritize providing quality public services such as infrastructure development, public education, health care, and public safety initiatives. These issues become especially important when discussing the future of this small rural township. Residents are passionate about preserving the local character and heritage of their community while also ensuring it can continue to thrive in an ever-changing world. An experienced team of elected officials working together with the residents helps to ensure that Maple Ridge remains a wonderful place to live and work.
The political climate in Maple Ridge township (Isanti County), MN is very conservative.
Isanti County, MN is very conservative. In Isanti County, MN 29.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 68.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Isanti county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 68.0% to 29.5%.
Isanti county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Maple Ridge township (Isanti County), MN is very conservative.
Isanti County, Minnesota is very conservative.
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington Metro Area is moderately 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.
Maple Ridge township (Isanti 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 Maple Ridge township (Isanti County), MN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 60 contributions totaling $1,319 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $22 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 52 contributions totaling $7,277 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $140 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)