Bismarck, MN is the state capital of North Dakota and it is a city full of political activity. The city has a strong mayor/council form of government with an elected mayor and nine-member city council representing the different wards in Bismarck. Local citizens can get involved in politics by attending regular meetings of their ward's representative or voting in local elections. Each election cycle, citizens have the opportunity to vote for members of their ward and for the mayor. The candidates all come from various backgrounds and are committed to doing what is best for the local residents. Local initiatives are often taken up by these candidates to help bring reforms, improvements, and solutions to issues faced by Bismarck residents. There are also many other civic organizations that work together with the political representatives on important projects that benefit the community.
The political climate in Bismarck, MN is very conservative.
Sibley County, MN is very conservative. In Sibley County, MN 28.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 69.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Sibley county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 69.4% to 28.6%.
Sibley county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Bismarck, MN is very conservative.
Sibley County, Minnesota is very 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.
Bismarck, 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 Bismarck, MN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 134 contributions totaling $2,835 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $21 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 54 contributions totaling $4,283 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $79 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)