Bowbells, ND is a small town in Ward County, North Dakota. It has a rich political history that dates back over 100 years. Although the population of Bowbells is currently small, its citizens are active and involved in local politics. They often vote in local elections and know the names of their elected officials. The most recent election in Bowbells was for mayor and two city council members. The current mayor is Tom Anderson, who was elected for his third term in 2018. He is joined on the City Council by Mary Smith and Paul Johnson, who were both re-elected to new terms in 2020. Bowbells' residents take pride in their town's political engagement and actively work to ensure their leaders make policies that benefit their community.
The political climate in Zip 58721 (Bowbells, ND) is very conservative.
Burke County, ND is very conservative. In Burke County, ND 11.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 86.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.1% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Burke county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 86.1% to 11.9%.
Burke county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 58721 (Bowbells, ND) is very conservative.
Bowbells, North Dakota is very conservative.
Burke County, North Dakota 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.
Bowbells, 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 zip 58721 (Bowbells)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 25 contributions totaling $390 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $16 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 11 contributions totaling $2,170 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $197 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)