Cottonwood, ND is a small town in North Dakota with a population of just over 2,000 people. Despite its small size, the town still has a vibrant and active political life. Local elections are held every two years to determine the leaders of the community. The current mayor is Bill Johnson, who was elected in 2019 and re-elected in 2021. Other members of the city's council include Matt Anderson, Mark Walsh, and Lisa Beaudoin. Residents can often be found discussing local politics at City Hall or other public places such as churches and local businesses. The topics vary from infrastructure development to improving schools and providing jobs for citizens. In Cottonwood, everyone is involved in the political process and contributes to keeping the community running smoothly.
The political climate in Cottonwood, ND is strongly conservative.
Mountrail County, ND is very conservative. In Mountrail County, ND 30.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 67.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Mountrail county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 67.8% to 30.2%.
Mountrail county voted Republican in five of the last six Presidential elections (2008 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Cottonwood, ND is strongly conservative.
Mountrail 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.
Cottonwood, North Dakota: r r d 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 Cottonwood, ND
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 29 contributions totaling $1,700 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $59 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 117 contributions totaling $166,327 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $1,422 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)