Kelso, ND is a small rural town located in North Dakota. Politics in Kelso have traditionally been dominated by conservative values and beliefs, with the majority of the population voting Republican in local and state elections. The town is served by a Mayor and four council members, who are elected by the people every two years. All members of the local government work hard to ensure that Kelso remains a safe place to live, and that all citizens are represented fairly. The current Mayor is Tom Cooper, who was recently re-elected for his third term. He has been instrumental in introducing new economic development initiatives to help bring more businesses into the area, as well as collaborating with other local governments to secure additional funding for infrastructure projects. While there are no major political candidates from Kelso running in upcoming elections, many of the people here remain informed on what’s happening politically at both a state and federal level. This keeps them engaged with their government and makes them feel like they have a say in how their community develops.
The political climate in Kelso, ND is strongly 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
Kelso, ND is strongly 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.
Kelso, 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 Kelso, ND
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 85 contributions totaling $9,195 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $108 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 8 contributions totaling $1,525 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $191 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)