Forthun, North Dakota is a small rural town located in the northern part of the state. Although the population is not large, its people are passionate about politics and actively engage in local and national elections. Local candidates often come from a variety of backgrounds, ranging from farming to business to public service. Issues discussed during campaigns include economic development, education reform, health care for all citizens, and protecting the natural environment. In addition to local elections, Forthun residents also take an active role in state-wide and federal elections as well, ensuring their voices are heard on issues that affect the entire state such as taxation policies, immigration reform, and energy production. With passionate citizens actively engaging in political discourse at multiple levels of government, Forthun’s political culture remains vibrant and active.
The political climate in Forthun, ND is strongly conservative.
Burke County, ND is very conservative. In Burke County, ND 11.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 86.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Burke county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 86.1% to 11.9%.
Burke county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Forthun, ND is strongly conservative.
Burke County, North Dakota 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.
Forthun, 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 Forthun, ND
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 14 contributions totaling $1,510 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $108 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)