The politics of the Dickinson, ND Metro Area are largely composed of city and county governments. The main governing body in the area is the Stark County Commission, with representatives from each city and township within the county. Additionally, each city has its own government which is responsible for enacting local ordinances on matters such as zoning regulations and public safety. Local elections are held regularly to elect county commissioners and city council members. Additionally, state representatives and senators are elected every four years to represent the region in North Dakota's legislature. Residents of the Dickinson metro area have a variety of options when it comes to engaging in political affairs at the local and state level.
The political climate in Dickinson Metro Area is very conservative.
In Dickinson Metro Area 16.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 80.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, the Dickinson metro area remained overwhelmingly Republican, 80.5% to 16.6%.
The Dickinson metro area voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Dickinson 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.
Dickinson, 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 for the Democrat and I for the Independent. 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 four elections.
Individual Campaign Contributions in Dickinson Metro Area
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 418 contributions totaling $39,045 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $93 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 465 contributions totaling $314,267 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $676 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)