Devils Lake, ND is a small city located in northeastern North Dakota with a population of roughly 7,500 people. It is governed by a mayor and five city council members who are elected to four-year terms. The local political environment in 58301 Devils Lake, ND is generally focused on local issues such as the budget, infrastructure improvements, and crime prevention. Despite its small size, Devils Lake has seen some contentious elections over the years with various candidates vying for positions on the city council. Candidates bring different perspectives to their campaigns and residents of 58301 Devils Lake can be extremely engaged in their local politics as they voice their concerns on important matters impacting their lives in the community.
The political climate in Zip 58301 (Devils Lake, ND) is strongly conservative.
Ramsey County, ND is very conservative. In Ramsey County, ND 30.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 66.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Ramsey county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 66.6% to 30.5%.
Ramsey county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 58301 (Devils Lake, ND) is strongly conservative.
Devils Lake, North Dakota is strongly conservative.
Ramsey 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.
Devils Lake, 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 58301 (Devils Lake)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 217 contributions totaling $19,616 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $90 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 113 contributions totaling $47,633 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $422 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)