Shuman, ND is a small city in the rural Midwest with a population of 2,000. As such, local politics tend to be quite conservative and focused on issues that affect its population directly. This includes topics such as infrastructure funding, taxation reforms, and laws governing small businesses. The local governments are made up of elected officials who strive to represent the interests of the citizens they serve. During election season, candidates often focus on issues that will help Shuman’s economy grow or provide better services for its residents. Additionally, the candidates must address how they plan to promote collaboration and work together with neighboring towns to further economic growth in the region. The political landscape here is slowly changing as more people move into the area. Despite this change in demographics, many of Shuman’s long-time residents still believe strongly in their core values and traditions which have been embraced for generations.
The political climate in Shuman, ND is strongly conservative.
Sargent County, ND is strongly conservative. In Sargent County, ND 35.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 61.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Sargent county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 61.2% to 35.7%.
Sargent county voted Republican in four of the six previous Presidential elections (2008 and 2012 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Shuman, ND is strongly conservative.
Sargent County, North Dakota is strongly 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.
Shuman, North Dakota: r r D d 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 Shuman, ND
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 60 contributions totaling $11,319 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $189 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 9 contributions totaling $1,945 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $216 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)