Richland, ND is a small rural town that is known for its friendly atmosphere and tight-knit community. The town has a local government that is headed by a mayor and city council members who oversee the day-to-day operations of the municipality. In recent years, the politics in Richland have become highly contested as various candidates have emerged to compete for seats on the city council and mayoral races. The current mayor is Stephanie Olson and she is running for re-election this year alongside a variety of other candidates from both major parties. Issues such as infrastructure improvements, public safety reform, economic stability, and environmental protection are all topics that have been important to both local voters and candidates during this election season.
The political climate in Richland, ND is strongly conservative.
Burke County, ND is very conservative. In Burke County, ND 11.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 86.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Burke county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 86.1% to 11.9%.
Burke county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Richland, ND is strongly conservative.
Burke 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.
Richland, 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 Richland, ND
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 34 contributions totaling $1,290 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $38 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 12 contributions totaling $2,278 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $190 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)