Summit Township (Beltrami County), Minnesota is a relatively small community, with a population of just over 1,200. It is governed by an elected Board of Supervisors, comprised of three citizens from the area. The current Supervisors are Bryan Anderson, Richard Noot and Don Pung. Each Supervisor serves staggered four year terms, and elections are held to fill any vacated seats. Residents can get involved in the local politics through attending Board meetings, joining committees or volunteering on election days. The Board takes action on matters such as grant applications, zoning regulations and budgets that affect the day-to-day life for those living in Summit Township. Community members have the opportunity to be heard at monthly board meetings held in the Township Hall. All residents are encouraged to stay informed and involved in their local government so that they can ensure that their voices are heard and help shape their community for a better future.
The political climate in Summit township (Beltrami County), MN is somewhat conservative.
Beltrami County, MN is leaning conservative. In Beltrami County, MN 47.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 50.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Beltrami county remained Republican, 50.4% to 47.2%.
Beltrami county voted Republican again in 2020, after voting Democratic in 2012, 2008, and 2004.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Summit township (Beltrami County), MN is somewhat conservative.
Beltrami County, Minnesota is leaning conservative.
Bemidji 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.
Summit township (Beltrami County), Minnesota: r 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 Summit township (Beltrami County), MN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 11 contributions totaling $1,280 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $116 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 3 contributions totaling $235 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $78 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)