The Jamestown, ND Metro Area is a small community with a population of approximately 17,000 people. Despite its small size, the area has a vibrant political climate. The City of Jamestown is governed by an elected four-person board of commissioners who are responsible for managing the city’s operations and services. The mayor is chosen from among the four commissioners and serves as the presiding officer during meetings. Local elections take place once every two years in order to select new representatives for each of the city’s council positions. Additionally, numerous state and federal representatives from both major parties have offices in Jamestown to provide assistance to local citizens on matters related to state and national politics.
The political climate in Jamestown Metro Area is very conservative.
In Jamestown Metro Area 26.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 70.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, the Jamestown metro area remained overwhelmingly Republican, 70.2% to 26.9%.
The Jamestown metro area voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Jamestown Metro Area is very 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.
Jamestown, 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 four elections.
Individual Campaign Contributions in Jamestown Metro Area
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,397 contributions totaling $62,877 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $45 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 334 contributions totaling $52,524 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $157 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)