Moorhead Township, Minnesota is a small community located in Clay County. The municipality has many different local issues that are addressed by the officials within the township. These issues range from infrastructure improvements to providing services for citizens. The township is also home to various governing authorities that help keep the community running, such as the Moorhead City Council. The city council consists of seven members who are elected by popular vote every four years and make decisions on how to best use public funds and address local issues. Local political candidates present their platforms and ideals when campaigning for office and can bring much-needed change to the township if elected. In order to ensure that residents have access to quality services and an effective government system, it is important for locals to be aware of upcoming elections and research into local political candidates before casting their ballot.
The political climate in Moorhead township, MN is leaning conservative.
Clay County, MN is leaning liberal. In Clay County, MN 50.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 46.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Clay county flipped Democratic, 50.7% to 46.7%.
Clay county flipped Democratic in the most recent Presidential election (2000, 2004 and 2016 went Republican).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Moorhead township, MN is leaning conservative.
Clay County, Minnesota is leaning liberal.
Fargo Metro Area is leaning 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.
Moorhead township, Minnesota: r r 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 Moorhead township, MN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 7,047 contributions totaling $105,743 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $15 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 245 contributions totaling $176,225 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $719 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)