Round Lake Township in Becker County, Minnesota is a small rural community with a population of roughly 1,500. Despite its small size, Round Lake Township has an active political presence and takes an active role in the county’s politics. Elected officials at the local level include the town board supervisors, who are responsible for governing the township. The town board is responsible for such tasks as setting budgets, developing policies, and making decisions on matters related to municipal services. Local elections take place every two years and typically involve a variety of competitive races between candidates from each political party. When it comes to county-level politics, Round Lake Township residents participate in county-wide events such as forums and candidate debates. Residents also have the opportunity to cast their ballots during local primary elections that are held prior to the general election. Round Lake Township is committed to engaging its citizens by providing open access to their elected officials and ensuring that voices across all political spectrums are heard.
The political climate in Round Lake township (Becker County), MN is strongly conservative.
Becker County, MN is strongly conservative. In Becker County, MN 34.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 64.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Becker county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 64.1% to 34.0%.
Becker county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Round Lake township (Becker County), MN is strongly conservative.
Becker 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.
Round Lake township (Becker 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 Round Lake township (Becker County), MN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 111 contributions totaling $7,398 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $67 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 8 contributions totaling $749 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $94 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)