Dunn County, North Dakota is a rural county located in the west central region of the state. The county is governed by a three-member board of elected officials, with each member representing one of the three districts within the county. Dunn County residents are represented by local legislators in both the North Dakota House and Senate. In addition, Dunn County residents vote for federal representatives every two years in congressional and senatorial elections. The political climate in Dunn County is largely conservative and generally follows Republican party lines when it comes to national politics. Public opinion on more localized issues such as education, taxes, and economic development varies among voters. Residents of Dunn County have access to a variety of informational resources that help them understand their local political landscape so that they can make informed decisions at the polls.
The political climate in Dunn County, ND is very conservative.
In Dunn County, ND 14.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 83.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Dunn county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 83.4% to 14.6%.
Dunn county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Dunn 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.
Dunn, 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 Dunn County, ND
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 124 contributions totaling $14,971 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $121 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 80 contributions totaling $12,104 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $151 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)