Bowman County, North Dakota is a rural county with a population of approximately 3,000 people. It has been historically conservative leaning in its politics and most elections tend to be dominated by Republican candidates. During the 2020 election cycle, Bowman County saw Republicans dominate the ballot for state and federal level offices. The favoritism in the area for conservative candidates was evident during these races as they tended to win by significant margins. With a strong emphasis on traditional values, Bowman County continues to be a reliable voting bloc for the Republican party in North Dakota.
The political climate in Bowman County, ND is very conservative.
In Bowman County, ND 13.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 84.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Bowman county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 84.2% to 13.8%.
Bowman county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Bowman 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.
Bowman, 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 Bowman County, ND
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 26 contributions totaling $3,028 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $116 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 43 contributions totaling $8,682 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $202 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)