Watertown Township is located in Minnesota and is known for its rural charm and tight-knit community. Despite its small size, Watertown Township has a vibrant political landscape with both local and state politics influencing the area. The township is part of Wright County, Minnesota, which is served by both state and federal elected officials. At the local level, Watertown Township has a board of supervisors that meets monthly to discuss issues such as zoning ordinances, road maintenance, and budgeting. Each supervisor represents a different district within the township and is responsible for representing their constituents’ interests in all matters of local government. Additionally, citizens of Watertown Township are encouraged to get involved in the political process by attending meetings or volunteering on campaigns for candidates they believe will represent their views and interests.
The political climate in Watertown township, MN is somewhat conservative.
Carver County, MN is leaning conservative. In Carver County, MN 46.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 51.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Carver county remained Republican, 51.2% to 46.4%.
Carver county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Watertown township, MN is somewhat conservative.
Carver County, Minnesota is leaning conservative.
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington Metro Area is moderately liberal.
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.
Watertown township, 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 Watertown township, MN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 309 contributions totaling $14,988 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $49 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 291 contributions totaling $89,064 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $306 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)