Nashwauk Township in Itasca County, Minnesota is a beautiful rural community of rolling hills and a small population. The township is governed by an elected board of supervisors, which includes the Town Supervisor, two Supervisors-at-Large, and the Clerk/Treasurer. The current supervisor is Harold Anderson. The Supervisors-at-Large are Ken Sjolinder and Gary Sprynczynatyk. Debra Kuntz serves as the Clerk/Treasurer. The board works together to ensure Nashwauk Township has sound fiscal management and provides services such as road maintenance, public safety, zoning regulations and more to its residents that make it a great place to live. Each year there is an election in Nashwauk Township requiring citizens to cast their ballots for local candidates running for office. It is important for Nashwaukers to become informed about the candidates they are voting for so that they can elect leaders who will best represent their interests when making decisions that affect their community.
The political climate in Nashwauk township, MN is somewhat conservative.
Itasca County, MN is moderately conservative. In Itasca County, MN 40.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 57.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Itasca county remained very strongly Republican, 57.4% to 40.6%.
Itasca county voted Republican in the two most recent Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in the previous four.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Nashwauk township, MN is somewhat conservative.
Itasca County, Minnesota 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.
Nashwauk township, Minnesota: d D D d 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 Nashwauk township, MN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 405 contributions totaling $16,387 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $40 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 168 contributions totaling $29,676 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $177 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)