Underwood, North Dakota is a small town located in the heart of the state. It has a population of just over 1,400 people and is governed by a mayor-council form of government. The current mayor is Matt Bohnet, who was elected in 2018 and is up for re-election this year. The six City Council members are all up for re-election as well, with two seats available on the ballot in 2021. Residents of Underwood can participate in local politics by voting in upcoming elections or even running for office themselves. Citizens also have the opportunity to make their voices heard on important issues facing the community by attending meetings and engaging with their local representatives. With such an active and involved population, residents of Underwood have an important role to play in shaping the future of their town through the political process.
The political climate in Zip 58576 (Underwood, 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 58576 (Underwood, ND) is very conservative.
Underwood, 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.
Underwood, 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 58576 (Underwood)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 120 contributions totaling $7,442 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $62 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 8 contributions totaling $1,011 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $126 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)