Spring Valley Township, Minnesota is a rural community located in the heart of the state. It has a long and storied history as a farming town, but it has also become home to many businesses that have helped to grow its economy. The politics of Spring Valley Township are largely determined by the residents of the area, and they tend to favor conservative values. Local elections are often hotly contested, with candidates vying for the support of the township’s voters. In such cases, candidates typically focus on issues such as economic development, job creation and improving public schools and transportation infrastructure. Meanwhile, local organizations like churches and civic groups play an important role in shaping public policy. As a result, Spring Valley Township is able to maintain its commitment to conservatism while still making progress towards providing better services for its citizens.
The political climate in Spring Valley township, MN is moderately conservative.
Fillmore County, MN is moderately conservative. In Fillmore County, MN 37.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 60.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Fillmore county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 60.1% to 37.5%.
Fillmore county voted Republican in the two most recent Presidential elections, after voting Democratic in the previous four.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Spring Valley township, MN is moderately conservative.
Fillmore County, Minnesota is moderately conservative.
Rochester Metro Area is leaning 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.
Spring Valley township, Minnesota: d d 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 Valley township, MN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 89 contributions totaling $7,611 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $86 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 10 contributions totaling $2,231 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $223 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)