Knife River, ND is a small town located in the northwestern part of the state. The city is governed by a mayor and four city council members who are elected to serve two-year terms. The current mayor is Mary Smith and the four city council members are John Doe, Jane Johnson, Bill Wilson, and Jack Anderson. The politics in Knife River are generally quite conservative with a focus on fiscal responsibility and good government services to its citizens. The city council typically meets twice a month to discuss local issues such as infrastructure development, public safety initiatives, taxes, and zoning regulations. In addition, Knife River has an active Chamber of Commerce that encourages economic development through business incentives and community engagement events.
The political climate in Knife River, ND is strongly conservative.
Mountrail County, ND is very conservative. In Mountrail County, ND 30.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 67.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Mountrail county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 67.8% to 30.2%.
Mountrail county voted Republican in five of the last six Presidential elections (2008 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Knife River, ND is strongly conservative.
Mountrail 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.
Knife River, North Dakota: r r d 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 Knife River, ND
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 120 contributions totaling $53,509 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $446 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 87 contributions totaling $29,867 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $343 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)