Park River, North Dakota is a small town with a population of around 1,400 people. It is located in Walsh County and is home to many civic-minded citizens who take an interest in local politics. In Park River, there are several forms of local government including the city council, school board, and county commission. The city council is responsible for overseeing the day-to-day operations of the city and making decisions regarding public services such as water supply and sanitation. The school board works to develop educational programming for the district’s students and manage expenditures. Lastly, the county commission oversees countywide initiatives such as economic development projects and infrastructure improvements. Each body is guided by elected officials who serve terms of varying lengths depending on their office. Every two years there are local elections for these positions that give residents an opportunity to take part in the political process and select their preferred representatives.
The political climate in Park River, ND is strongly conservative.
Walsh County, ND is very conservative. In Walsh County, ND 27.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 69.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Walsh county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 69.5% to 27.9%.
Walsh county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Park River, ND is strongly conservative.
Walsh 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.
Park River, 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 Park River, ND
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 32 contributions totaling $5,375 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $168 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 14 contributions totaling $5,360 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $383 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)