Waterford, ND is a small town located in the northeastern part of the state with a long history of local politics. This area has long been marked by close ties between citizens and their local officials. The political landscape of Waterford revolves around two main parties: the Democratic Party and the Republican Party. Issues that are important to locals tend to be focused on economic development, agriculture, education, public infrastructure, and safety. Each party has several candidates vying for mayoral office, county commissioner positions, state representatives, and congressional representatives. The citizens of Waterford take their civic duties seriously and come together to make sure the best candidate wins their respective election. In addition to voting for local candidates, Waterford residents also pay attention to state-wide elections such as those for governor or U.S Senate seats. Regardless of who is elected, they strive to create an environment where all members of the community are heard and respected so that decisions can be made in everyone’s best interests.
The political climate in Waterford, ND is somewhat conservative.
Ward County, ND is very conservative. In Ward County, ND 25.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 70.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Ward county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 70.7% to 25.8%.
Ward county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Waterford, ND is somewhat conservative.
Ward County, North Dakota is very conservative.
Minot 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.
Waterford, 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 Waterford, ND
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 749 contributions totaling $59,725 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $80 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 325 contributions totaling $130,474 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $401 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)