Poplar Grove, ND is a small town located in the heart of America. It has a strong sense of community and values that have been maintained for generations. The politics in Poplar Grove are rooted in its local government, which is run by an elected mayor and city council members. These members are responsible for the day-to-day management of the town, such as setting local laws and regulations, approving zoning and building permits, maintaining public facilities, providing services to citizens, and overseeing fiscal policy. The political parties represented among these leaders vary from year to year depending on who gets elected into office. As a result, Poplar Grove's politics may change from time to time but it always remains dedicated to the values of community service and civic engagement.
The political climate in Poplar Grove, ND is strongly conservative.
Ramsey County, ND is very conservative. In Ramsey County, ND 30.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 66.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Ramsey county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 66.6% to 30.5%.
Ramsey county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Poplar Grove, ND is strongly conservative.
Ramsey 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.
Poplar Grove, 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 Poplar Grove, ND
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 217 contributions totaling $19,616 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $90 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 113 contributions totaling $47,633 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $422 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)