Drayton, North Dakota is a small rural town known for its agriculture and close-knit community. The local political scene is largely dominated by the Republican Party, which holds most of the seats in the state legislature. The mayor of Drayton is John Smith, who has served in this role since 2014. Other prominent political figures in the area include Senators Heidi Heitkamp and John Hoeven, both of whom have been elected numerous times to represent North Dakota in Washington D.C. Residents of Drayton have a strong sense of civic involvement and take pride in their local government and political landscape. They are involved in many grassroots initiatives to promote open dialogue about important issues such as healthcare, education, taxes, and more. The city has also adopted measures to make sure that all voices are heard during elections and other public forums such as town hall meetings that take place regularly throughout the year.
The political climate in Zip 58225 (Drayton, ND) is very conservative.
Pembina County, ND is very conservative. In Pembina County, ND 23.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 73.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Pembina county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 73.9% to 23.6%.
Pembina county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 58225 (Drayton, ND) is very conservative.
Drayton, North Dakota is very conservative.
Pembina 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.
Drayton, 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 58225 (Drayton)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 4 contributions totaling $660 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $165 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 5 contributions totaling $1,500 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $300 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)