Fortuna, ND is a small town in the Midwest region of the United States. It has a population of approximately 3,000 people and is located in Cass County. The town is governed by a mayor-council system, with five elected members on the council representing its citizens. Fortuna's current mayor is Bob Baker, who was elected in 2015. In addition to governing the town, Mayor Baker serves as chairperson for economic development initiatives that seek to bring new businesses to Fortuna. He also works closely with local organizations like the Chamber of Commerce and Downtown Business Association to promote tourism and business growth within the community. Residents are actively involved in their local politics through public meetings and civic engagement opportunities such as candidate forums and debates. They have a vested interest in seeing their town succeed and hold their mayors and other elected officials accountable for their actions. Fortuna's town government strives to make decisions that are beneficial for its citizens, which has resulted in an overall positive environment throughout the town.
The political climate in Fortuna, ND is strongly conservative.
Divide County, ND is very conservative. In Divide County, ND 22.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 75.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Divide county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 75.2% to 22.0%.
Divide county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Fortuna, ND is strongly conservative.
Divide 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.
Fortuna, 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 Fortuna, 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 4 contributions totaling $1,030 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $258 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)