Sargent County, North Dakota is a rural county located in the east central part of the state. It is home to several small towns and villages, with a population of around 6,000 residents. The county is governed by a five-member Board of Commissioners that sets the policies and laws for the county. These commissioners are responsible for overseeing county services and budgets, as well as providing services to local municipalities and citizens. They strive to provide an effective and efficient government that meets the needs of all its citizens. The county also has numerous local political candidates who are actively campaigning for office in order to serve their constituency and pursue their goals. These candidates use a variety of tactics such as door-knocking, mailings, speeches, debates and more in order to reach out to constituents and gain support. All these activities play an important role in creating vibrant communities within Sargent County while advocating for positive change in our area.
The political climate in Sargent County, ND is strongly conservative.
In Sargent County, ND 35.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 61.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Sargent county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 61.2% to 35.7%.
Sargent county voted Republican in four of the six previous Presidential elections (2008 and 2012 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Sargent County, ND is strongly 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.
Sargent, North Dakota: r r D d 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 Sargent County, ND
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 149 contributions totaling $21,449 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $144 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 20 contributions totaling $5,097 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $255 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)