West Ontario, ND is a small town in the rural Midwest region. It is locally governed by a mayor and four-member city council. The citizens of West Ontario take pride in participating actively in local politics, with elections for these positions being held regularly. Issues that are important to the people include infrastructure development, job opportunities, public education, and safety. Over the past few years, candidates from both major and minor parties have put forth their platforms in hopes of receiving enough votes to serve on the city council and become mayor. Residents of West Ontario believe that engaging in local politics helps keep their government accountable to the citizens’ needs and concerns.
The political climate in West Ontario, ND is very conservative.
Wells County, ND is very conservative. In Wells County, ND 18.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 79.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Wells county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 79.7% to 18.6%.
Wells county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
West Ontario, ND is very conservative.
Wells 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.
West Ontario, 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 West Ontario, ND
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 19 contributions totaling $3,229 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $170 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 37 contributions totaling $4,663 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $126 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)