Drake, North Dakota is a small community located in the center of the state. Its population, according to the 2020 census, is 58736. Despite its small size, the politics of Drake are an important part of life for its citizens. While there is no current information available about local political candidates running for office in Drake, its residents have strong political opinions on a variety of issues and take part in elections both locally and nationally. Voting is an important way for them to make their voices heard and contribute to the political process of their community. As one resident put it: \"In this small town we have big values and our votes matter\". Drake's citizens are passionate about their beliefs and actively participate in making sure that their community has a powerful voice in local politics.
The political climate in Zip 58736 (Drake, ND) is very conservative.
McHenry County, ND is very conservative. In McHenry County, ND 18.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 78.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, McHenry county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 78.7% to 18.8%.
McHenry county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 58736 (Drake, ND) is very conservative.
Drake, North Dakota is very conservative.
McHenry County, North Dakota is very conservative.
Minot Metro Area is very conservative.
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.
Drake, 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 58736 (Drake)
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 1 contributions totaling $250 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $250 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)