Minto, North Dakota is a small town with a population of just over 700 people. Despite its size, the town of Minto has an active and vibrant political culture. Local elections for mayor and city council are held every two years and typically feature several candidates vying for office. Voting in Minto also takes part in larger state and national elections, with residents voicing their opinions on issues such as taxes, education, public safety, and healthcare. There have been several successful initiatives taken by the current administration to improve the town's infrastructure and create new opportunities for the citizens of Minto. In addition to local initiatives, Minto residents have worked with state representatives to bring about change on state wide issues such as transportation funding and environmental regulations. Overall, politics in Minto are an important part of life that helps shape the future of the community.
The political climate in Minto, 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
Minto, 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.
Minto, 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 Minto, ND
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 28 contributions totaling $8,464 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $302 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 4 contributions totaling $1,550 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $388 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)