Waterloo is a small town in North Dakota that has a population of around 500 people. The local politics in Waterloo are overseen by the city council, consisting of five members who are elected by the citizens. The council makes decisions on issues such as zoning laws, taxation, public works projects and other matters that affect the day-to-day lives of the residents of Waterloo. The current mayor is Fred Smith, who was elected in 2020. He is running again for the upcoming 2021 election and is hoping to be reelected for another term. Other candidates for mayor include Richard Brown and Mark Johnson. All three candidates have different visions for how they want to move forward with the town's future and its growth. Overall, there is an atmosphere of strong civic engagement in Waterloo that helps ensure that everyone's interests are heard and respected when it comes to local politics.
The political climate in Waterloo, ND is strongly conservative.
Cavalier County, ND is very conservative. In Cavalier County, ND 23.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 74.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Cavalier county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 74.2% to 23.5%.
Cavalier county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Waterloo, ND is strongly conservative.
Cavalier 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.
Waterloo, 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 Waterloo, ND
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 40 contributions totaling $2,024 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $51 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 13 contributions totaling $9,755 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $750 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)