Viking Township (Traill County), ND is a small, rural community located in the eastern part of North Dakota. Although it is a small community, there is still a strong culture of politics that exists among the members of the township. Every election season, the residents of Viking Township are engaged with debates on local issues and actively participate in voting for their preferred candidates. In addition to local elections, many citizens take part in larger statewide and national elections as well. The residents of Viking Township are passionate about their political views and take pride in electing representatives who share these values.
The political climate in Viking township (Traill County), ND is moderately conservative.
Traill County, ND is strongly conservative. In Traill County, ND 36.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 61.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Traill county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 61.0% to 36.1%.
Traill county voted Republican in five of the last six Presidential elections (2008 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Viking township (Traill County), ND is moderately conservative.
Traill 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.
Viking township (Traill County), North Dakota: R R d 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 Viking township (Traill County), ND
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 74 contributions totaling $18,065 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $244 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 38 contributions totaling $7,632 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $201 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)