Roland, ND is a small town located in the heart of North Dakota. It is a primarily rural town with a population of just over 600 people. Despite its small size, Roland has an active and engaged political atmosphere. Every year there are several local elections for the mayor, city council, and other key positions in the community. These elections usually attract many candidates who care deeply about their hometown and want to serve their community in an official capacity. The citizens of Roland take these elections very seriously and have lively debates about the policies that affect them locally. They take pride in voting on issues important to them and regularly take part in local politics.
The political climate in Roland, ND is strongly conservative.
Bottineau County, ND is very conservative. In Bottineau County, ND 23.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 74.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Bottineau county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 74.2% to 23.7%.
Bottineau county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Roland, ND is strongly conservative.
Bottineau 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.
Roland, 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 Roland, ND
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 91 contributions totaling $7,516 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $83 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 91 contributions totaling $12,972 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $143 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)