Wood Lake, ND is a small town with around 500 people. Despite its size, the town still has an active political scene. Town council meetings regularly take place in order to discuss and vote on local issues affecting Wood Lake. The town also has several local politicians running for office each year in order to represent the interests of the residents of Wood Lake and make sure their voices are heard. Issues such as zoning regulations, taxation, and infrastructure projects are all discussed by local politicians in Wood Lake. These politicians also attend regional and state meetings to represent the interests of their constituents in larger political issues. It is clear that the people of Wood Lake take an active role in their politics and strive to make sure that their needs are met.
The political climate in Wood Lake, ND is moderately conservative.
Benson County, ND is somewhat conservative. In Benson County, ND 41.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 55.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Benson county remained strongly Republican, 55.8% to 41.9%.
Benson county voted Republican again in 2020, after voting Democratic in 2012, 2008, and 2004.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Wood Lake, ND is moderately conservative.
Benson County, North Dakota is somewhat 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.
Wood Lake, North Dakota: r d 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 Wood Lake, ND
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 12 contributions totaling $2,215 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $185 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 3 contributions totaling $1,100 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $367 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)