Walsh County, ND is a small rural county located in the northern part of North Dakota. It is home to many farms and small communities that are deeply invested in the politics of their local area. In Walsh County, ND there are four main political parties: Republican, Democrat, Libertarian and Green Party. Each party has its own local candidates running for office and offers different perspectives on issues relevant to the community such as taxation, public services, education and agriculture. The people of Walsh County take part in vigorous debates on these topics while considering the views of both sides of an issue before making a decision. As a result, political discourse is alive and well throughout this county.
The political climate in Walsh County, ND is very conservative.
In Walsh County, ND 27.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 69.5% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Walsh county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 69.5% to 27.9%.
Walsh county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Walsh 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.
Walsh, 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 Walsh County, ND
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 151 contributions totaling $32,317 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $214 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 184 contributions totaling $103,881 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $565 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)