Wahpeton, North Dakota is a city located in Richland County. It is the largest city and county seat in the area. The politics of Wahpeton are an important part of its local culture, with citizens actively participating in elections and initiatives that affect the town. Local elections often involve debates between candidates from both major political parties about issues related to the economy, education, infrastructure, and public safety. In recent years there have been many campaigns launched by local groups advocating for increased investment in community services such as public transportation and affordable housing policies. Citizens of Wahpeton also often participate in larger regional political movements like environmental protection and civil rights initiatives. The active engagement of its citizens has helped shape the politics of Wahpeton into a thriving yet diverse atmosphere where all voices can be heard.
The political climate in Wahpeton, ND is moderately conservative.
Richland County, ND is very conservative. In Richland County, ND 32.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 64.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Richland county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 64.9% to 32.1%.
Richland county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Wahpeton, ND is moderately conservative.
Richland County, North Dakota is very conservative.
Wahpeton Metro Area 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.
Wahpeton, 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 Wahpeton, ND
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 171 contributions totaling $26,752 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $156 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 86 contributions totaling $7,761 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $90 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)