Medford Township in Minnesota is an active and vibrant community with a long history of civic engagement. The township is home to many local organizations, businesses, and churches that contribute to the civic life of the area. Despite its small size, Medford Township has a large population that is active politically. Local ballot initiatives, such as school funding and tax increases, are routinely presented for consideration by residents, while local campaigns are conducted by citizens running for office on the city council and other government bodies. Generally speaking, the local politics of Medford Township focuses heavily on the issues that directly affect the lives of its citizens – from education to health care and public safety – so residents can expect regular debate on these topics during election cycles.
The political climate in Medford township, MN is strongly conservative.
Steele County, MN is moderately conservative. In Steele County, MN 37.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 59.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Steele county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 59.9% to 37.5%.
Steele county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Medford township, MN is strongly conservative.
Steele County, Minnesota is moderately conservative.
Owatonna Metro Area is moderately 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.
Medford 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 Medford township, MN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 3 contributions totaling $160 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $53 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 25 contributions totaling $2,130 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $85 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)