Summit Township is located in Steele County, Minnesota. The township has a total area of 27.1 square miles and a population of around 900 residents. The area is governed by local government officials who work to ensure the township's laws, regulations, and ordinances are enforced. Locally elected officials determine the budget for the township while county and state representatives handle larger-scale issues that affect Summit Township. In addition to these representative leaders, many residents are encouraged to get involved in their local politics by attending meetings, voicing opinions on current topics, and voting in elections. Local elections usually include candidates for mayor or council members who strive to better the community by advocating for its residents’ needs. With a variety of departments and committees dedicated to promoting civic engagement, Summit Township encourages its citizens to stay informed about current events that impact their lives and take part in actively shaping the future of their community.
The political climate in Summit township (Steele County), MN is strongly conservative.
Steele County, MN is moderately conservative. In Steele County, MN 37.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 59.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Steele county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 59.9% to 37.5%.
Steele county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Summit township (Steele County), MN is strongly conservative.
Steele County, Minnesota is moderately conservative.
Owatonna Metro Area is moderately 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 (Steele 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 Summit township (Steele County), MN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 751 contributions totaling $28,754 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $38 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 193 contributions totaling $28,876 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $150 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)