Sandstone Township in Minnesota is a small community that has a local government elected by its citizens. The local government consists of a Board of Supervisors, which is composed of five members, and a Mayor. The supervisors are charged with overseeing the budget and the general operations of the Township. They are also responsible for passing laws and ensuring that all residents of Sandstone Township have access to basic rights such as health care, education, and safety. Each supervisor is elected to serve for four years and the Mayor serves for two years at a time. In addition to these elected officials, there are numerous committees and organizations that help maintain order within Sandstone Township that are supported by volunteers from the community. The politics in Sandstone Township are focused on maintaining a strong sense of community and providing basic services to its citizens while preserving its rural identity.
The political climate in Sandstone township, 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
Sandstone township, 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.
Sandstone township, 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 Sandstone township, MN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 72 contributions totaling $1,864 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $26 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 61 contributions totaling $8,550 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $140 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)