The small town of Bottineau, ND (58318) is located in the northwestern corner of the state. Its politics are shaped by its rural nature and small-town values. Bottineau residents tend to have a strong sense of community, and they largely support conservative candidates. Most recently, these have included the North Dakota Republican Party’s Congressional representative Kevin Cramer, Governor Doug Burgum, and Lieutenant Governor Brent Sanford. The local government is made up of elected officials from the city council, county commissioners, and other municipal positions such as mayor and police chief. Residents take an active interest in the town's politics and often participate in local political events or rallies to show their support for their chosen candidates.
The political climate in Zip 58318 (Bottineau, ND) is very conservative.
Bottineau County, ND is very conservative. In Bottineau County, ND 23.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 74.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.2% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Bottineau county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 74.2% to 23.7%.
Bottineau county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 58318 (Bottineau, ND) is very conservative.
Bottineau, North Dakota is very conservative.
Bottineau County, North Dakota is very conservative.
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North Dakota is very conservative.
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VoteWord™
Displaying 20 years of Presidential voting, visualized in one word.
Bottineau, 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 58318 (Bottineau)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 91 contributions totaling $7,516 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $83 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 91 contributions totaling $12,972 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $143 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)