Turtle Lake, ND is a small rural town located in the heart of North Dakota. It is home to just under 200 people who are all proud to be a part of this close-knit community. Politics in Turtle Lake is fairly simple and straightforward. All members of the local government are elected by popular vote, and while no major political candidates come from Turtle Lake, many of its inhabitants are active politically at both the local and state levels. Issues that affect the town are discussed openly among residents, with decisions often made via consensus or through direct dialogue with elected officials. The town takes pride in being able to provide an environment where people of different backgrounds can come together to discuss issues and work together for the betterment of the community as a whole.
The political climate in Turtle Lake, ND is strongly conservative.
McLean County, ND is very conservative. In McLean County, ND 22.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 75.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, McLean county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 75.8% to 22.2%.
McLean county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Turtle Lake, ND is strongly conservative.
McLean 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.
Turtle 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 Turtle 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 8 contributions totaling $2,810 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $351 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)