Silvesta is a small rural town located in North Dakota. The town has a population of approximately 700 people and is governed by an elected mayor and council. The mayor and council work together to make decisions that benefit the citizens and ensure the town is safe and prosperous. In recent years, Silvesta has seen many changes with local business development, expansion of infrastructure, improvements in public services, and other initiatives. Recently, three candidates have been running for the position of mayor: Tom Smith, Mary Jones, and John Doe. All three candidates have put forth ideas on how they will work to improve Silvesta if elected. Tom Smith wants to expand public transportation options while Mary Jones wants to invest in youth programs for the community’s future. John Doe has proposed introducing green energy initiatives to make Silvesta more environmentally friendly. Residents are eager to see which candidate can win the election and make their vision become reality for Silvesta’s future.
The political climate in Silvesta, ND is strongly conservative.
Walsh County, ND is very conservative. In Walsh County, ND 27.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 69.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Walsh county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 69.5% to 27.9%.
Walsh county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Silvesta, ND is strongly conservative.
Walsh 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.
Silvesta, 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 Silvesta, ND
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 4 contributions totaling $1,200 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $300 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 38 contributions totaling $4,599 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $121 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)