Norman Township in Pine County, Minnesota is governed by a board of supervisors and a town clerk. The supervisors are elected to four-year terms of office, with regular elections held in November. The current board consists of five members, each representing one of the town's five wards. The town clerk is appointed by the Board, and serves as the chief administrative officer for Norman Township. In addition to its government officials, Noman Township has a vibrant local political scene, with several citizens becoming actively involved in promoting their views on important issues facing the community. Community members regularly attend school board meetings and other public forums to voice their opinions on proposed legislation, zoning ordinances, and other policy matters. They also participate in local elections by registering to vote and encouraging others to do so as well.
The political climate in Norman township (Pine County), MN is strongly conservative.
Pine County, MN is strongly conservative. In Pine County, MN 33.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 64.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Pine county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 64.1% to 33.9%.
Pine county voted Republican in three most recent Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in the previous three.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Norman township (Pine County), MN is strongly conservative.
Pine 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.
Norman township (Pine County), Minnesota: d d 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 Norman township (Pine County), MN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 376 contributions totaling $8,073 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $21 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 42 contributions totaling $6,732 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $160 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)