Sugar Bush Township is located in Becker County, Minnesota and is known for its small-town charm, scenic landscape, and friendly community. Politically, the township is represented on the county level by a board of commissioners which consists of three members elected to serve 4 year terms. The town also elects a mayor and council every two years who make decisions on local matters that affect the residents of Sugar Bush. On the state level, Sugar Bush residents are represented by their State Senator and two House Representatives in Saint Paul. At the national level, citizens vote for President as well as their representatives in Congress. Overall, politics in Sugar Bush Township are important to the citizens of this small community as they have an impact on local issues such as education, infrastructure, public safety, and economic development.
The political climate in Sugar Bush township (Becker County), MN is strongly conservative.
Becker County, MN is strongly conservative. In Becker County, MN 34.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 64.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Becker county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 64.1% to 34.0%.
Becker county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Sugar Bush township (Becker County), MN is strongly conservative.
Becker 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.
Sugar Bush township (Becker 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 Sugar Bush township (Becker County), MN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 64 contributions totaling $3,062 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $48 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 103 contributions totaling $17,515 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $170 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)