Nora township is located in Pope County, Minnesota and is governed by a board of supervisors. The board is comprised of five members who are elected officials representing the local population. Elections for board members are held every two years and involve candidates from both major political parties, ensuring that all views and opinions are heard within the township. In recent years, campaigns have been heavily focused on issues such as economic development, public safety, infrastructure maintenance and improvements, environmental protection, and quality of life standards. These issues have become increasingly important to the citizens of Nora Township as they strive to create a vibrant community with a strong sense of identity and pride.
The political climate in Nora township (Pope County), MN is strongly conservative.
Pope County, MN is strongly conservative. In Pope County, MN 35.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 62.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Pope county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 62.9% to 35.3%.
Pope county voted Republican in five of the last six Presidential elections (2008 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Nora township (Pope County), MN is strongly conservative.
Pope 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.
Nora township (Pope County), Minnesota: r r d 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 Nora township (Pope County), MN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 33 contributions totaling $474 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $14 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 103 contributions totaling $12,062 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $117 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)