Plain, ND is a small town located in the eastern region of North Dakota. Despite its size, the town and its surrounding area are home to many active local politics. Residents of Plain take an active interest in their political representatives, who they elect to represent their best interests at the state level. Local candidates tend to focus on issues such as job security, economic growth, education, health care, and other important issues that affect the lives of residents in Plain. Political parties in Plain are just as important as they are everywhere else; residents can find both Democrat and Republican candidates running for office every election cycle. No matter which side you support, one thing is clear: Plain takes local politics very seriously.
The political climate in Plain, ND is very conservative.
Renville County, ND is very conservative. In Renville County, ND 16.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 80.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Renville county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 80.7% to 16.7%.
Renville county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Plain, ND is very conservative.
Renville County, North Dakota is very conservative.
Minot Metro Area 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.
Plain, 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 Plain, ND
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 49 contributions totaling $1,840 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $38 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 6 contributions totaling $1,455 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $243 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)