Elgin, North Dakota is a small town of just over 700 people in Mountrail County. It is a rural community with a strong sense of pride and close-knit relationships between neighbors. Politically, the citizens of Elgin are fairly conservative, though the majority of local elections tend to be non-partisan. Elgin locals take an active role in their town's politics and their representatives regularly seek to ensure that the needs of this small community are met. In recent years, countywide initiatives have been introduced to help stimulate the economic growth and development of Elgin and its neighboring townships. The citizens have come together to support these efforts and elect officials who share their vision for a strong future for not only Elgin but also the entire region.
The political climate in Elgin, ND is strongly conservative.
Grant County, ND is very conservative. In Grant County, ND 15.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 82.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Grant county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 82.9% to 15.0%.
Grant county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Elgin, ND is strongly conservative.
Grant 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.
Elgin, 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 Elgin, 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 5 contributions totaling $531 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $106 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)