Riverside, ND is a small community located in the south of North Dakota. The town has an elected mayor and city council to oversee local politics. The current mayor, John Smith, was elected in the last election and has been working to make improvements to the quality of life for Riverside residents, such as increasing access to public transportation and developing more parks and recreation areas. The city council is made up of five members who are actively involved in advocating for their constituents' needs. Recently, there have been efforts by the city council to increase funding for public safety initiatives like police officer training and fire prevention programs. Additionally, the Riverside City Council has been working hard to ensure that citizens have equitable access to resources like healthcare, education, employment opportunities, and more. In general, politics in Riverside focus on making sure that everyone can live comfortably and safely in this community.
The political climate in Riverside, ND is moderately conservative.
Steele County, ND is strongly conservative. In Steele County, ND 36.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 59.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 4.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Steele county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 59.9% to 36.0%.
Steele county voted Republican again in 2020, after voting Democratic in 2012, 2008, and 2004.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Riverside, ND is moderately conservative.
Steele County, North Dakota is strongly 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.
Riverside, 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 Riverside, ND
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 53 contributions totaling $5,870 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $111 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 10 contributions totaling $3,880 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $388 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)