Vernon Township in Walsh County, North Dakota is a rural area with a population of just over 300 citizens. It is governed by a three-member Board of Supervisors who are elected by the township residents and serve staggered four-year terms. The board is responsible for creating policies and overseeing the various departments and activities within the township. Its members also interact with local, state, and federal representatives to ensure that Vernon Township receives support in terms of programs, services, and funding. Additionally, the supervisors review bids from contractors for projects such as road repairs or capital improvements and review budgets to ensure that the town’s finances remain healthy. Local elections are held every two years on even numbered years when all three seats on the Board of Supervisors are up for election. The candidates running for office must be at least 18 years old and registered voters in Vernon Township in order to be eligible.
The political climate in Vernon township (Walsh County), 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
Vernon township (Walsh County), 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.
Vernon township (Walsh County), 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 Vernon township (Walsh County), ND
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 73 contributions totaling $13,765 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $189 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 15 contributions totaling $5,860 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $391 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)