The politics in 58487 Tappen, ND are largely driven by the local community and its values. The small town is home to a few hundred people, who come together to make decisions that best serve their collective needs. The town holds elections for mayor every four years, during which local residents can cast their ballots for the candidate of their choice. While the focus of these elections is mainly on issues concerning the town’s future development, such as infrastructure improvements or zoning changes, it also serves to give voice to the local population and allows them to have a say in shaping their own community. In addition to electing a mayor, residents of 58487 Tappen also elect city council members and school board members, allowing them to have direct influence over how these systems operate within their town.
The political climate in Zip 58487 (Tappen, ND) is very conservative.
Kidder County, ND is very conservative. In Kidder County, ND 15.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 83.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.6% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Kidder county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 83.2% to 15.1%.
Kidder county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 58487 (Tappen, ND) is very conservative.
Tappen, North Dakota is very conservative.
Kidder 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.
Tappen, 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 58487 (Tappen)
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 3 contributions totaling $275 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $92 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)