Vesta, ND is a small rural town located in the southeast region of the state. Despite its small size, politics is an important part of life in Vesta. The city is led by an elected mayor and four council members who are all elected to serve four-year terms. All local political candidates must be residents of Vesta and must be endorsed by local citizens for office. This endorsement process ensures that those running for office understand and are committed to the needs of the Vesta community. Through this election system, Vesta residents have the power to select leaders who will best represent their interests and concerns.
The political climate in Vesta, 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
Vesta, 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.
Vesta, 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 Vesta, ND
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 39 contributions totaling $7,325 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $188 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 58 contributions totaling $19,106 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $329 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)