Spring Grove Township, MN is a small township located in Minnesota. It is home to an engaged community of citizens who are passionate about their local politics. The politics of the town encompasses decisions that affects all aspects of life in the community such as taxes, zoning laws, local ordinances, and public services. The township has several positions that are elected by the residents every two to four years including a mayor, city council members, and other various board positions. Candidates for these positions come from a wide range of backgrounds and bring diverse experience to their respective roles when elected. Campaigns can be very competitive and the local government strives to ensure transparency in all processes. Many issues have been successfully addressed, providing the residents with high quality municipal services that help make Spring Grove Township a great place to live.
The political climate in Spring Grove township, MN is moderately conservative.
Houston County, MN is somewhat conservative. In Houston County, MN 42.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 55.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Houston county remained strongly Republican, 55.4% to 42.4%.
Houston county voted Republican in four of the six previous Presidential elections (2008 and 2012 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Spring Grove township, MN is moderately conservative.
Houston County, Minnesota is somewhat conservative.
La Crosse-Onalaska Metro Area is somewhat liberal.
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.
Spring Grove township, Minnesota: r r D d 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 Spring Grove township, MN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 32 contributions totaling $1,372 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $43 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 36 contributions totaling $13,960 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $388 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)