Mercer, ND is a small town located in the northwestern corner of North Dakota. The town has a population of about 500 people and is the county seat of Mercer County. Despite its size, Mercer has been an important part of North Dakota's politics since it was founded in 1882. Every year, local residents come together to vote on important issues such as taxes, education, and public safety. Additionally, Mercer is home to several political organizations that work to promote greater awareness of political issues and events within the area. With no specific candidates running for office in Mercer this year, many residents are taking advantage of their right to participate in the democratic process by voting on ballot initiatives that could affect their community for years to come.
The political climate in Zip 58559 (Mercer, ND) is very conservative.
McLean County, ND is very conservative. In McLean County, ND 22.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 75.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, McLean county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 75.8% to 22.2%.
McLean county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 58559 (Mercer, ND) is very conservative.
Mercer, North Dakota is very conservative.
McLean 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.
Mercer, 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 58559 (Mercer)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 15 contributions totaling $900 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $60 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)