Turtle Lake Township in Beltrami County, Minnesota is a small rural community with a close-knit community and ties to local politics. The township is governed by a three-member board of supervisors, who are elected at large from the township's registered voters. Residents also elect the Clerk and Treasurer positions for their town. On the state level, Turtle Lake Township is represented by Democrats in both the Minnesota Senate and House of Representatives. The senators currently representing the area are Kent Eken and John Marty, while the representatives are Heather Edelson and Carlie Kotyza-Witthuhn. The residents of Turtle Lake Township are an important part of the political process with their voices heard at both local and state levels through elections, town meetings, and other platforms.
The political climate in Turtle Lake 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
Turtle Lake 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.
Turtle Lake 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 Turtle Lake township (Beltrami County), MN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,668 contributions totaling $81,040 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $49 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 305 contributions totaling $34,671 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $114 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)