Big Bend Township in Ransom County, North Dakota is a small rural community with a population of just over 1000 people. The township is governed by the Big Bend Township Board made up of three elected supervisors who meet monthly to discuss important issues within the township. They are responsible for things such as creating ordinances and setting policy to ensure the safety and well-being of all township citizens. The Township Board also oversees the development of roads, bridges, parks, and other public works projects. Elections are held every two years for each supervisor position in order to keep local government accountable and responsive to their constituents’ needs. Local politicians have been working hard to ensure that Big Bend Township remains a vibrant place to live, work, and raise a family. With its strong sense of community spirit and commitment to providing quality services for its citizens, Big Bend Township is sure to remain a great place in which to live for many years to come.
The political climate in Big Bend township (Ransom County), ND is strongly conservative.
Ransom County, ND is moderately conservative. In Ransom County, ND 38.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 57.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Ransom county remained very strongly Republican, 57.8% to 38.5%.
Ransom county voted Republican in four of the six previous Presidential elections (2008 and 2012 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Big Bend township (Ransom County), ND is strongly conservative.
Ransom County, North Dakota is moderately 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.
Big Bend township (Ransom County), North Dakota: R r D D 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 Big Bend township (Ransom County), ND
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 126 contributions totaling $11,410 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $91 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 19 contributions totaling $2,071 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $109 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)