The small town of Dunbar, ND is home to a relatively small population. Despite this, the town boasts a vibrant political climate with many local candidates vying for votes in any election season. The residents of Dunbar take great pride in their town and its politics and make sure their voices are heard in any given election. Local campaigns often focus on issues like education, economic development, infrastructure improvements, and other topics that directly impact Dunbar's citizens. Every vote counts and every citizen plays an important role in deciding who will be the next leader of Dunbar. Overall, the people of Dunbar take their politics seriously as they have a vested interest in the future of their community.
The political climate in Dunbar, ND is strongly conservative.
Sargent County, ND is strongly conservative. In Sargent County, ND 35.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 61.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Sargent county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 61.2% to 35.7%.
Sargent county voted Republican in four of the six previous Presidential elections (2008 and 2012 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Dunbar, ND is strongly conservative.
Sargent County, North Dakota is strongly 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.
Dunbar, North Dakota: r r D d 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 Dunbar, ND
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 79 contributions totaling $12,374 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $157 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 19 contributions totaling $4,847 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $255 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)