Morse Township is located in St. Louis County, Minnesota and is a diverse and vibrant township with many different political views. The local governance of the township is handled by a Township Board composed of three elected officials who serve staggered four-year terms. The Township Board manages the business of the township, oversees the budgeting process, and sets local taxes. Each election cycle, Morse Township residents have the opportunity to vote for candidates running for office on the Township Board. These elections are important because they decide who will be responsible for managing and setting policy in the township. Residents also have the opportunity to participate in public meetings hosted by their elected officials or other governing bodies in order to stay informed about issues affecting their community. The politics within Morse Township are varied and active as residents have their voices heard through voting and participating in local decision-making processes.
The political climate in Morse township (St. Louis County), MN is leaning conservative.
St. Louis County, MN is somewhat liberal. In St. Louis County, MN 56.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 41.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, St. Louis county remained very strongly Democratic, 56.6% to 41.0%.
St. Louis county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Morse township (St. Louis County), MN is leaning conservative.
St. Louis County, Minnesota is somewhat liberal.
Duluth Metro Area is somewhat 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.
Morse township (St. Louis County), Minnesota: D D D D D 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 Morse township (St. Louis County), MN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 473 contributions totaling $34,673 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $73 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 77 contributions totaling $13,996 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $182 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)