Monticello Township, MN is a vibrant community with strong local politics. The local government consists of a board of supervisors and a mayor. Every two years, citizens of the township have the opportunity to choose from a variety of political candidates to serve as their representatives on the board. Each election sees many passionate debates amongst candidates on issues such as housing development, public safety, and budgeting decisions. Local residents are highly engaged in these discussions and take great pride in their involvement in the democratic process. In order to ensure that their voices are heard, they make sure to be educated on all sides of an issue before casting their vote. This level of civic engagement serves as an example for other townships throughout Minnesota and demonstrates how powerful local politics can be when citizens get involved.
The political climate in Monticello township, MN is strongly conservative.
Wright County, MN is strongly conservative. In Wright County, MN 34.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 63.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Wright county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 63.1% to 34.5%.
Wright county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Monticello township, MN is strongly conservative.
Wright County, Minnesota is strongly 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.
Monticello 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 Monticello township, MN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 747 contributions totaling $46,471 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $62 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 562 contributions totaling $96,789 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $172 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)