Pekin, North Dakota is a small rural town located close to the border of Canada. Despite its small population, Pekin has a vibrant political landscape with many issues that the local citizens are passionate about. The main political parties in Pekin are the Republicans and Democrats, though there are some independent candidates as well. The town holds regular elections for local offices such as mayor and council members, allowing residents to have a say in who is representing them on the city level. There is also an active school board that works to ensure that students in Pekin receive quality education no matter their background or economic status. Issues facing Pekin include budgeting for schools and public services, supporting local businesses, and maintaining roads and infrastructure. With so much at stake in such a small community, politics in Pekin can be heated at times with passionate debates occurring between citizens about different topics.
The political climate in Pekin, ND is moderately conservative.
Nelson County, ND is strongly conservative. In Nelson County, ND 33.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 64.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Nelson county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 64.2% to 33.0%.
Nelson county voted Republican in five of the last six Presidential elections (2008 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Pekin, ND is moderately conservative.
Nelson 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.
Pekin, 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 Pekin, ND
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 10 contributions totaling $747 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $75 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1 contributions totaling $100 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $100 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)