The politics of the Wahpeton, ND Metro Area are defined by the local government and the state level. At the local level, the city of Wahpeton is governed by a mayor and six council members who are all elected by the residents of Wahpeton. The mayor and council members are responsible for creating laws and ordinances that govern city activities. At the state level, North Dakota has two senators in the United States Senate as well as one representative in the U.S. House of Representatives who all represent citizens from across North Dakota, including those from Wahpeton. On a national level, North Dakota is represented by two Republican Senators and one Democratic Senator. Statewide offices such as governor, attorney general, treasurer, auditor, secretary of state, superintendent of public instruction and commissioner of agriculture are elected on a partisan basis. This ensures that citizens have a voice at every level of government in their community.
The political climate in Wahpeton Metro Area is very conservative.
In Wahpeton Metro Area 31.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 65.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, the Wahpeton metro area remained overwhelmingly Republican, 65.7% to 31.5%.
The Wahpeton metro area voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Wahpeton 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.
Wahpeton, 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 Wahpeton Metro Area
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 456 contributions totaling $69,137 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $152 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 254 contributions totaling $29,838 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $117 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)