Parkers Prairie Township is located in central Minnesota and is governed by local elected officials. These officials include a Chairperson, Treasurer and Clerk, all of whom are elected for two year terms. The Township is responsible for overseeing the enforcement of local ordinances, maintaining public records and ensuring the safety and welfare of its citizens. Parkers Prairie Township also works with other local governments to plan for future development in the area. In addition to this, they work closely with State representatives to ensure that public policies are implemented effectively in their community. Overall, Parkers Prairie Township takes a proactive approach to governing the township by working collaboratively with its citizens and other stakeholders.
The political climate in Parkers Prairie township, MN is strongly conservative.
Otter Tail County, MN is very conservative. In Otter Tail County, MN 32.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 65.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Otter Tail county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 65.4% to 32.9%.
Otter Tail county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Parkers Prairie township, MN is strongly conservative.
Otter Tail County, Minnesota is very conservative.
Fergus Falls Metro Area 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.
Parkers Prairie 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 Parkers Prairie township, MN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 13 contributions totaling $326 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $25 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 15 contributions totaling $996 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $66 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)