Wishek, ND is a small town located in Mcintosh County with a population of 673 people. The town is governed by three elected board members who make up the Wishek City Commission. The commission has the responsibility of ensuring that city policies are implemented in addition to overseeing the budget for the city. Local political candidates in 58495 include Commissioner Christian Buerkle, who is running for re-election, and Michael Mitzel, who is challenging Buerkle for the position. Wishek residents will have a chance to vote for their preferred candidate during the general election on November 3rd 2020. Regardless of which candidate wins, they will both be dedicated to serving the citizens of Wishek and will work together to ensure that the town remains a safe and prosperous place to live.
The political climate in Zip 58495 (Wishek, ND) is strongly conservative.
McIntosh County, ND is very conservative. In McIntosh County, ND 17.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 79.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, McIntosh county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 79.2% to 17.9%.
McIntosh county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 58495 (Wishek, ND) is strongly conservative.
Wishek, North Dakota is strongly conservative.
McIntosh 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.
Wishek, 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 58495 (Wishek)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 4 contributions totaling $3,500 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $875 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)