Rugby, North Dakota is a small town with an estimated population of 2,386 people. As such, it does not have any local political candidates running for office in the immediate area. The city of Rugby is served by government officials at the state and federal level. At the state level, these officials represent the citizens of Rugby in matters related to public policy, including infrastructure, education, healthcare, and other matters that are important to the community. At the federal level, these representatives work on national issues such as foreign affairs and taxation. Despite its size, Rugby is still an integral part of the political process in North Dakota.
The political climate in Rugby, ND is strongly conservative.
Pierce County, ND is very conservative. In Pierce County, ND 23.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 74.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Pierce county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 74.5% to 23.4%.
Pierce county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Rugby, ND is strongly conservative.
Pierce 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.
Rugby, 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 Rugby, ND
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 7 contributions totaling $2,200 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $314 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 10 contributions totaling $2,141 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $214 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)