Spiritwood Lake, ND is a small town in the rural Midwest, where local politics are important to its citizens. The local government works to meet the needs of the community, such as providing services like trash collection and maintaining public roads. Elections for mayor and city council seats are held regularly, giving residents the opportunity to choose their leaders. There is also an active chamber of commerce that works to promote economic development and attract new businesses and industries. While Spiritwood Lake is not home to any nationally known politicians, residents take pride in choosing their own representatives who work hard for their constituents. Residents know that their votes count and feel empowered to make a difference in their own community through the political process.
The political climate in Spiritwood Lake, ND is very conservative.
Stutsman County, ND is very conservative. In Stutsman County, ND 26.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 70.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Stutsman county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 70.2% to 26.9%.
Stutsman county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Spiritwood Lake, ND is very conservative.
Stutsman County, North Dakota is very conservative.
Jamestown Metro Area 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.
Spiritwood Lake, 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 Spiritwood Lake, ND
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,366 contributions totaling $58,216 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $43 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 221 contributions totaling $25,623 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $116 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)