Porcupine, ND is a small rural town located in the Midwest of the United States. It has a strong community spirit and is largely conservative. The mayor of Porcupine is Jacob Jones and the town council consists of five members who are voted in by the citizens every four years. Election day in Porcupine is always an exciting time for the locals as it gives them an opportunity to have their voices heard and make sure that their local government is representative of their values and priorities. The political issues that Porcupine faces are mainly related to infrastructure, education, and economic development initiatives. There have been numerous debates among the townspeople about how best to address these issues, but everyone agrees that making sure Porcupine remains a thriving community with plenty of services for its citizens should be one of its top priorities.
The political climate in Porcupine, ND is somewhat liberal.
Sioux County, ND is very liberal. In Sioux County, ND 67.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 21.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 10.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Sioux county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 67.8% to 21.8%.
Sioux county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Porcupine, ND is somewhat liberal.
Sioux County, North Dakota is very liberal.
Bismarck 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.
Porcupine, North Dakota: D D D D D D
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 Porcupine, ND
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 28 contributions totaling $550 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $20 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)