Pine Lake Township, located in Pine County, Minnesota, is an area which is strongly focused on local politics. The township is managed by a three-member Board of Supervisors who are elected every two years. Each supervisor serves for a four-year term, with one seat up for election every two years. The current Supervisor team consists of John Jones, Elizabeth Smith and Joe Miller. Their roles involve setting policy and planning the future of the township, such as making decisions on roads and land use. Additionally, the supervisors regularly meet with other elected officials such as county, state and national representatives to discuss issues important to the township's citizens. The Pine Lake Township government also works closely with local businesses to improve the economy and quality of life for its residents.
The political climate in Pine Lake 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
Pine Lake 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.
Pine Lake 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 Pine Lake township (Pine County), MN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 64 contributions totaling $1,741 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $27 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 47 contributions totaling $5,134 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $109 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)