May Township in Cass County, Minnesota is a small, rural community with a population of just over 4,000 people. While the township is relatively small in size and population, the politics still play an important role in the daily lives of its citizens. May Township is represented by multiple state representatives and senators at both the local and state level. At the local level, residents of May Township vote to elect town supervisors and other municipal government officials who are responsible for managing their day-to-day activities. There are also a few candidates from different political parties that run for office in May Township each year during elections. These candidates offer their ideas on how best to represent the interests of May Township's citizens and work towards successful outcomes for their constituents.
The political climate in May township (Cass County), MN is strongly conservative.
Cass County, MN is strongly conservative. In Cass County, MN 34.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 63.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Cass county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 63.5% to 34.7%.
Cass county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
May township (Cass County), MN is strongly conservative.
Cass County, Minnesota is strongly conservative.
Brainerd 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.
May township (Cass 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 May township (Cass County), MN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 107 contributions totaling $3,361 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $31 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 52 contributions totaling $4,855 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $93 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)