58009 Blanchard, ND is a small rural community in the heart of North Dakota. The population is largely composed of agricultural workers and their families, as well as other professionals who have chosen to make it their home. Politically, the town is very conservative and votes almost exclusively Republican in elections. The local political scene tends to be dominated by a few large families whose members have held office for generations, as well as elected officials from other communities who migrate into 58009 Blanchard for work or retirement. Local elections are rarely contested and are often decided before they even begin due to the overwhelming support of the incumbent candidates. Political issues that affect day-to-day life in 58009 Blanchard tend to focus on economic development and maintaining traditional values and ways of life such as hunting, farming, and religion.
The political climate in Zip 58009 (Blanchard, ND) is strongly conservative.
Traill County, ND is strongly conservative. In Traill County, ND 36.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 61.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Traill county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 61.0% to 36.1%.
Traill county voted Republican in five of the last six Presidential elections (2008 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 58009 (Blanchard, ND) is strongly conservative.
Blanchard, North Dakota is strongly conservative.
Traill County, North Dakota is strongly 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.
Blanchard, 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 three elections.
Individual Campaign Contributions in zip 58009 (Blanchard)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $0 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)