Garrison, ND is a small town located in McLean County. The town has a strong sense of community and the residents take pride in its history and traditions. Politically, the town leans heavily towards conservative ideologies with many residents being registered Republicans. The local political landscape is largely dominated by Republicans and there are few candidates running from other parties. Local elections usually focus on issues such as public safety, education, taxation and healthcare. Residents of Garrison feel that their local representatives have done a good job of representing their interests while making sure to be mindful of fiscal responsibility. In recent years, Garrison has seen an uptick in civic engagement with more people voting in elections than ever before. This shows that the citizens care deeply about the future of their town and want to make sure they have a say in what happens here.
The political climate in Garrison, ND is strongly conservative.
McLean County, ND is very conservative. In McLean County, ND 22.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 75.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, McLean county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 75.8% to 22.2%.
McLean county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Garrison, ND is strongly conservative.
McLean 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.
Garrison, 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 Garrison, ND
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 139 contributions totaling $5,033 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $36 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 37 contributions totaling $3,369 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $91 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)