Silver Lake, ND is a small rural town located in the western part of the state. The town has a close-knit community and local politics play an important role in maintaining this sense of togetherness. Silver Lake holds elections on a regular basis for its mayor and city council, as well as school board members. Local residents are passionate about the issues that directly affect them, and take voting seriously. There are a number of candidates running for office each election cycle, representing different political ideologies and stances on particular issues. It is common to see spirited debates between candidates at public forums or in other venues. Silver Lake's citizens take pride in their town and they ensure that their voices are heard when selecting local leaders who can best address their needs.
The political climate in Silver Lake, ND is very conservative.
Wells County, ND is very conservative. In Wells County, ND 18.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 79.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Wells county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 79.7% to 18.6%.
Wells county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Silver Lake, ND is very conservative.
Wells 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.
Silver Lake, 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 Silver Lake, 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 $5,800 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $1,450 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)