Birtsell, ND is a small town in the rural Midwest with a population of approximately 2,000 people. It is politically diverse, with both conservative and liberal residents voting in local elections. The politics of Birtsell center around issues like infrastructure, taxation, public safety, and education. Local political candidates typically focus on these issues during their campaigns to appeal to the citizens of Birtsell. Elections are usually close races between candidates from different parties, but no matter who wins the election, the townspeople come together to support the newly elected official.
The political climate in Birtsell, ND is very conservative.
Foster County, ND is very conservative. In Foster County, ND 21.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 76.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Foster county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 76.6% to 21.0%.
Foster county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Birtsell, ND is very conservative.
Foster 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.
Birtsell, 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 Birtsell, ND
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 37 contributions totaling $6,365 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $172 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 17 contributions totaling $4,596 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $270 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)