Sturgeon Lake township is a small rural community in Minnesota that has a rich history of political engagement. Residents of the township have long been involved in local politics, engaging in debates at town hall meetings and casting their votes for candidates running for local office. The township holds regular elections to select its mayor and other elected representatives who make decisions on issues ranging from municipal services to land use regulation. Recent elections have seen high voter turnout, with residents actively participating in discussions surrounding the election process and voting for the candidates of their choice. With a strong sense of community, Sturgeon Lake township is a place where all voices are heard and respected when it comes to political matters.
The political climate in Sturgeon Lake 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
Sturgeon Lake 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.
Sturgeon Lake 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 Sturgeon Lake township, MN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 359 contributions totaling $7,393 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $21 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 20 contributions totaling $3,235 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $162 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)