Griggs County is a small rural county located in North Dakota, with a population of 2,200. Politics in Griggs County are typically dominated by conservative views and the Republican Party. In recent years, the local elections have seen Republicans win the majority of races for offices such as county sheriff, county commissioners, and state representatives. The Republican Party also dominates on both the state and national level in Griggs County. Local political candidates tend to focus on issues that are important to the community such as maintaining public safety, improving infrastructure, and supporting local businesses. Residents of Griggs County take pride in their political involvement and often turn out in droves for local elections.
The political climate in Griggs County, ND is very conservative.
In Griggs County, ND 24.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 72.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Griggs county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 72.6% to 24.6%.
Griggs county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Griggs County, ND is very conservative.
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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.
Griggs, 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 for the Democrat and I for the Independent. 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 Griggs County, ND
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 4 contributions totaling $203 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $51 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 40 contributions totaling $3,159 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $79 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)