Benedict, North Dakota is a small rural community located in the heart of the state. The town has a population of just under 500 people and is governed by a local mayor and city council, with elections held every two years. Residents of Benedict take part in local politics by voting on important issues, such as zoning ordinances and budgeting decisions. They also have the opportunity to voice their opinion about current political topics to their local elected officials. While Benedict is too small to have national representatives, it does have several people who volunteer to serve on various committees for the betterment of their community. To get involved in politics in Benedict, residents can attend public meetings or contact their local representatives directly for more information about upcoming elections and initiatives that could affect their lives.
The political climate in Benedict, 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
Benedict, ND is very conservative.
McLean County, North Dakota 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.
Benedict, 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 if the Democratic Party candidate won and I if the Independent Party candidate won. 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 Benedict, ND
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 1 contributions totaling $500 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $500 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)