New Richland Township in Minnesota is a small, rural community known for its strong sense of community and commitment to local politics. The township has a Town Board that meets every month to discuss local issues and make decisions on behalf of the community. The board consists of five members who are elected by the residents of New Richland. Each member serves a two-year term and can be re-elected to additional terms. In addition to the Town Board, the township also has an active Planning Commission which meets quarterly to review applications for new development projects. The commission is made up of seven members who are appointed by the town board and serve three-year terms. Residents of New Richland have shown that they take their local politics seriously by actively participating in both elections and public meetings related to local issues.
The political climate in New Richland township, MN is strongly conservative.
Waseca County, MN is strongly conservative. In Waseca County, MN 33.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 63.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Waseca county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 63.8% to 33.7%.
Waseca county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
New Richland township, MN is strongly conservative.
Waseca County, Minnesota is strongly 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.
New Richland 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 New Richland township, MN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 9 contributions totaling $750 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $83 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 48 contributions totaling $9,330 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $194 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)