Ripley Township in Morrison County, Minnesota is an area with a long political history. The township is known for its quiet, rural charm and is home to about 4,000 residents. With the recent county elections, local politics have become increasingly important in the area. Political candidates from both major parties have been campaigning heavily to represent the township’s interests on the county board. In addition to these local candidates, there are also initiatives being supported by state and federal politicians that involve Ripley Township. It is certain that local residents will be closely following all of the upcoming election news and progress in the coming months.
The political climate in Ripley township (Morrison County), MN is very conservative.
Morrison County, MN is very conservative. In Morrison County, MN 22.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 75.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Morrison county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 75.8% to 22.3%.
Morrison county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Ripley township (Morrison County), MN is very conservative.
Morrison 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.
Ripley township (Morrison 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 Ripley township (Morrison County), MN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 554 contributions totaling $17,633 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $32 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 211 contributions totaling $49,769 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $236 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)