Rhame, ND is a small town located in Stark County. It has a population of just over 500, and is primarily a rural community. Despite its size, politics play an important role in this town's history. The local government is responsible for setting taxes, providing services such as police and fire protection, maintaining roads and highways and more. In addition to the city council, there are three school boards - the Rhame School Board, which oversees K-12 education; the Stark County Health District Board, which sets health regulations; and the Stark County Commission Board, which makes decisions about county-level issues.
The people of Rhame take pride in their ability to vote on these issues that affect their day-to-day lives. For example, they voted overwhelmingly against raising taxes in 2017. Elections are held every two years when voters decide who will represent them at county commission meetings or on the school board. Local candidates for office are chosen by their respective party delegates prior to each election cycle and serve four year terms once elected. Voters in Rhame take part in local politics by casting votes in elections and participating in public forums where they can express their opinions on different topics related to governance.
The political climate in Rhame, ND is very conservative.
Bowman County, ND is very conservative. In Bowman County, ND 13.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 84.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Bowman county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 84.2% to 13.8%.
Bowman county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Rhame, ND is very conservative.
Bowman 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.
Rhame, 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 Rhame, 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 $900 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $225 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)