Norway Township in Fillmore County, Minnesota is a small rural community with a population of approximately 881. Despite its small size, Norway Township is home to an active and engaged political environment. The township is governed by a three-member Board of Supervisors elected directly by the residents; the individuals currently serving on the board are Gary Linder, Patty Trushenski, and Charles Iverson. In addition to these positions, Norway Township also has an auditor/treasurer position which holds responsibility for the accurate recording of financial documents and transactions. Along with local elections held every two years, residents also have the opportunity to vote on state and national issues during election season. Overall, politics plays an important role in day-to-day life in Norway Township and its citizens take pride in their civic duties as they actively participate in elections and other political activities.
The political climate in Norway township (Fillmore County), MN is strongly conservative.
Fillmore County, MN is moderately conservative. In Fillmore County, MN 37.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 60.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Fillmore county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 60.1% to 37.5%.
Fillmore county voted Republican in the two most recent Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in the previous four.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Norway township (Fillmore County), MN is strongly conservative.
Fillmore County, Minnesota is moderately conservative.
Rochester Metro Area is leaning 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.
Norway township (Fillmore County), 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 Norway township (Fillmore County), MN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 79 contributions totaling $5,102 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $65 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 50 contributions totaling $3,356 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $67 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)