Pine Lake Township in Clearwater County, Minnesota is a small rural community of about 1,500 residents. The township is managed by the Pine Lake Township Board of Supervisors, which is made up of three elected officials: a Clerk, Treasurer and Supervisor. Elections are held every two years for all positions on the board. Residents have the opportunity to participate in local politics through voting in these elections or campaigning for their preferred candidate. The board works hard to ensure that the interests of the citizens are represented and that all decisions align with the overall growth and well-being of Pine Lake Township. Local candidates strive to maintain transparency and accountability while working with residents on issues such as infrastructure projects, economic development initiatives and policy initiatives that benefit the community as a whole.
The political climate in Pine Lake township (Clearwater County), MN is very conservative.
Clearwater County, MN is very conservative. In Clearwater County, MN 26.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 71.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Clearwater county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 71.6% to 26.8%.
Clearwater county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Pine Lake township (Clearwater County), MN is very conservative.
Clearwater 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.
Pine Lake township (Clearwater County), 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 Pine Lake township (Clearwater County), MN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 13 contributions totaling $2,878 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $221 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 4 contributions totaling $1,260 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $315 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)