The city of Wahpeton, ND 58076 is a small community located in the southeastern corner of North Dakota. Politics in this region is largely determined by the local Republican and Democratic parties. The current mayor of Wahpeton is Daniel Anderson, who was elected as a Republican in 2019. The two seats on the City Commission are held by Democrat Jody Geller and Republican Darin Jundt. These two representatives represent the interests of their constituents within the city limits and make decisions that affect the day-to-day operations of Wahpeton. In addition, there are several other local offices such as Sheriff, Auditor, County Commissioner, Treasurer and more that are held by either Republicans or Democrats depending upon who receives the most votes from local citizens during elections. Furthermore, many of these officials are involved in activities related to state politics such as lobbying for legislation that affects their constituents or running for higher office within North Dakota politics.
The political climate in Zip 58076 (Wahpeton, ND) is somewhat conservative.
Richland County, ND is very conservative. In Richland County, ND 32.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 64.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Richland county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 64.9% to 32.1%.
Richland county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 58076 (Wahpeton, ND) is somewhat conservative.
Wahpeton, North Dakota is somewhat conservative.
Richland County, North Dakota is very conservative.
Wahpeton 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.
Wahpeton, 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 58076 (Wahpeton)
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 0 contributions totaling $0 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $0 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)