The politics of the Fargo, ND Metro Area are largely influenced by state and regional politics. The area is part of the larger North Dakota political landscape, which has seen Republican domination of recent years. Local officials carry out the policies of their respective parties. There have been several local elections over the past few years for mayoral offices, city councils, and county commissioner positions. These elections have typically featured a variety of candidates from both major political parties. In addition to this, there are also several non-partisan candidates who run on platforms that focus on local issues such as economic development, infrastructure improvements, public safety initiatives, and other areas that directly affect the local community. With all of these considerations in mind, it's clear that democracy is alive and well in the Fargo Metro area when it comes to politics.
The political climate in Fargo Metro Area is leaning conservative.
In Fargo Metro Area 47.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 48.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, the Fargo metro area remained slightly Republican, 48.8% to 47.9%.
The Fargo metro area voted Republican in five of the last six Presidential elections (2008 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Fargo Metro Area is leaning conservative.
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.
Fargo, 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 four elections.
Individual Campaign Contributions in Fargo Metro Area
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 13,924 contributions totaling $1,179,172 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $85 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 2,868 contributions totaling $3,665,032 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $1,278 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)