The politics in Traill County, ND are not particularly contentious. The county has a long history of electing moderate candidates to their local positions and is not divided along party lines. The people of the county are largely unified in their decisions when it comes to who should represent them in local office. While there are small differences in opinions between citizens, overall the politics remain civil and uncontroversial. Residents of Traill County typically agree on the issues that matter most to them and strive for consensus by electing officials who will act as representatives for all of their constituents equally.
The political climate in Traill County, ND is strongly conservative.
In Traill County, ND 36.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 61.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Traill county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 61.0% to 36.1%.
Traill county voted Republican in five of the last six Presidential elections (2008 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Traill 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.
Traill, North Dakota: R R d 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 Traill County, ND
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 191 contributions totaling $31,237 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $164 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 51 contributions totaling $10,251 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $201 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)