Parker Township, located in Marshall County, Minnesota, is a small rural township that is home to a number of farming communities. The township has an active political scene that revolves around issues such as zoning, taxes and other local developments. The current local government consists of three supervisors who are elected by the residents every two years. In addition to the supervisors, there are also several committees and boards which provide input on various topics that impact the township. The local political scene is largely driven by citizen engagement and activism on behalf of both candidates and citizens alike. Political campaigns often engage local businesses and organizations to support their respective candidates. While there may not be any major state or national elections occurring in Parker Township at this time, residents remain engaged in their local politics as they seek to ensure that their voices are heard throughout the region.
The political climate in Parker township (Marshall County), MN is very conservative.
Marshall County, MN is very conservative. In Marshall County, MN 25.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 72.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Marshall county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 72.8% to 25.3%.
Marshall county voted Republican in five of the last six Presidential elections (2008 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Parker township (Marshall County), MN is very conservative.
Marshall County, Minnesota is very 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.
Parker township (Marshall 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 Parker township (Marshall County), MN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 20 contributions totaling $7,700 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $385 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 37 contributions totaling $5,815 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $157 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)