Moscow, ND is a small town located in the heart of North Dakota. It has a population of approximately 500 people and is run by a mayor and five-member city council. The mayor and members of the city council are elected by the residents of Moscow, ND and are responsible for creating policies to improve the quality of life of its citizens. The current Mayor is Mark Vaux, who was elected in 2020. Other members of the city council include Bob Stendahl, Myra Johnson, Doug Bury, Justin Kranz, and Sheila Hernandez. These city officials strive to ensure that all residents have access to safe and reliable services such as water quality, police protection, public transportation options, garbage collection services, local road maintenance programs, and other community initiatives. They also focus on providing economic development opportunities in order to create jobs within the area. All these efforts help Moscow maintain its small-town sense of community while improving quality of life for its citizens.
The political climate in Moscow, ND is strongly conservative.
Cavalier County, ND is very conservative. In Cavalier County, ND 23.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 74.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Cavalier county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 74.2% to 23.5%.
Cavalier county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Moscow, ND is strongly conservative.
Cavalier 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.
Moscow, 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 Moscow, ND
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 42 contributions totaling $2,139 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $51 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 38 contributions totaling $13,755 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $362 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)