Politics in 58418 Bowdon, ND are largely rural and conservative. The community is home to a single polling station, where local residents gather to vote in elections. Local candidates for office typically run on platforms of fiscal responsibility and small-town values. Many of the state's bigger decisions are made at the state Capitol in Bismarck, though some smaller issues such as road construction or school bond initiatives often have local referenda. Candidates for mayor, city council, county commissioner, and other offices are determined by the citizens of Bowdon. Residents of this small town take their voting rights seriously and actively participate in the political process.
The political climate in Zip 58418 (Bowdon, ND) is very conservative.
Wells County, ND is very conservative. In Wells County, ND 18.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 79.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Wells county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 79.7% to 18.6%.
Wells county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 58418 (Bowdon, ND) is very conservative.
Bowdon, North Dakota is very conservative.
Wells 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.
Bowdon, 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 58418 (Bowdon)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 10 contributions totaling $1,635 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $164 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)