Iona Township (Todd County), MN is a small rural community in south central Minnesota. It is an active and engaged township with regards to politics, as local elections are held regularly for the roles of Town Chair, Supervisor, Clerk, Treasurer and Assessor. Each position is essential to the functioning of the town government and all elected officials serve four year terms. Voter turnout has been high in recent years as residents make their voices heard on important issues that affect their day-to-day life. The township also has strong relationships with state and national politicians who keep them informed about policy changes that will impact the people of Iona Township. In addition to local campaigns, members of Iona Township take part in political discussions at the regional level, ensuring that their voices are heard by policy makers.
The political climate in Iona township (Todd County), MN is very conservative.
Todd County, MN is very conservative. In Todd County, MN 24.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 73.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Todd county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 73.6% to 24.8%.
Todd county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Iona township (Todd County), MN is very conservative.
Todd County, Minnesota is very 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.
Iona township (Todd 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 Iona township (Todd County), MN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 181 contributions totaling $12,015 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $66 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 58 contributions totaling $8,669 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $149 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)