Minot, ND is a small city located in North Dakota. It is the fourth-largest city in the state and has a population of around 41,000 people. The government of Minot is run by an elected mayor and six-member City Council. Every two years, local residents vote for candidates to serve on the council. Elections are held in May and members serve four year terms. The City Council meets regularly to debate and make decisions about local laws, budgets, and other issues that affect the citizens of Minot. The mayor acts as head of state for the city and enforces the laws set forth by City Council. In addition to these local offices, North Dakota also has representatives at both the federal and state levels who represent Minot's interests.
The political climate in Minot, ND is moderately conservative.
Ward County, ND is very conservative. In Ward County, ND 25.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 70.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Ward county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 70.7% to 25.8%.
Ward county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Minot, ND is moderately conservative.
Ward County, North Dakota is very conservative.
Minot Metro Area is very conservative.
North Dakota is very conservative.
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.
Minot, North Dakota: 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 Minot, ND
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 770 contributions totaling $120,500 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $156 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 679 contributions totaling $259,432 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $382 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)