Garfield, ND is a small rural town with a population of approximately 500 people. The town has a mayor and several city council members who form the local government. The mayor and city council members are responsible for the oversight of the town’s budget, maintaining services such as police and fire protection, garbage collection, roads and street maintenance, sewer lines, parks and recreation programs, water treatment plants, library systems, animal control, and other public services. They also serve as advocates for the town’s residents by advocating for their needs in legislative matters at the state level as well as in their own district. The mayor is elected to serve a two-year term while city council members are elected to serve four-year terms. Elections for these positions take place every two years on the first Tuesday in November. In addition to their local political roles, Garfield's elected officials may also be involved in various regional councils that oversee larger portions of the area. All in all, Garfield provides its citizens with an efficient and dedicated set of leaders to oversee its operations and ensure its quality of life remains high.
The political climate in Garfield, ND is moderately conservative.
Traill County, ND is strongly conservative. In Traill County, ND 36.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 61.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Traill county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 61.0% to 36.1%.
Traill county voted Republican in five of the last six Presidential elections (2008 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Garfield, ND is moderately conservative.
Traill County, North Dakota is strongly 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.
Garfield, 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 Garfield, ND
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 11 contributions totaling $1,580 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $144 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 19 contributions totaling $4,880 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $257 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)