Stokes Township, located in Roseau County, Minnesota, is a rural area that is home to plenty of farmland and friendly citizens. Although there are no local political candidates running for office in Stokes Township, the people living there still stay informed on local politics through attending county board meetings and discussions with their neighbors. The county board handles all of the political decisions that affect the residents in Stoke Township from road maintenance to public safety spending. The residents of Stokes Township also take part in larger political debates when it comes to who will represent them at the state level. The people living there are active when it comes to choosing their representatives and participating in debates regarding what is best for Roseau County as a whole.
The political climate in Stokes township (Roseau County), MN is very conservative.
Roseau County, MN is very conservative. In Roseau County, MN 26.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 72.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Roseau county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 72.0% to 26.0%.
Roseau county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Stokes township (Roseau County), MN is very conservative.
Roseau 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.
Stokes township (Roseau 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 Stokes township (Roseau County), MN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 21 contributions totaling $3,307 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $157 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 42 contributions totaling $6,606 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $157 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)