Minnewaukan, North Dakota is a small town located in Benson County and has a population of around 500 people. The town is governed by the Minnewaukan City Council which consists of five elected members that serve two-year terms. The council meets regularly to discuss and make decisions about local government policies and the budget. Every two years, the residents of Minnewaukan are eligible to vote for who will represent them on the city council. Currently, there are three candidates running for office including Don Aprille, Gene Schauer, and Jennifer Smith. Each candidate has unique qualifications and experience that they can bring to the table if elected. The upcoming election promises to be an exciting one as all three candidates are passionate about helping Minnewaukan grow and thrive in the coming years.
The political climate in Minnewaukan, ND is leaning conservative.
Benson County, ND is somewhat conservative. In Benson County, ND 41.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 55.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Benson county remained strongly Republican, 55.8% to 41.9%.
Benson county voted Republican again in 2020, after voting Democratic in 2012, 2008, and 2004.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Minnewaukan, ND is leaning conservative.
Benson County, North Dakota is somewhat 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.
Minnewaukan, North Dakota: r d 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 Minnewaukan, 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 4 contributions totaling $2,345 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $586 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)