Hanson, ND is a small town located in North Dakota with a population of just over 200 people. The town is governed by a mayor and four council members who are elected to two-year terms. Each election cycle features several local candidates vying for office, campaigning on a variety of issues ranging from tax reform to public safety and infrastructure maintenance. The people of Hanson take pride in their community and strive to ensure that their government is working on behalf of the citizens. The local political scene is an exciting one as the townspeople have the opportunity to engage directly in deciding who will represent them on the council.
The political climate in Hanson, ND is strongly conservative.
Ransom County, ND is moderately conservative. In Ransom County, ND 38.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 57.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Ransom county remained very strongly Republican, 57.8% to 38.5%.
Ransom county voted Republican in four of the six previous Presidential elections (2008 and 2012 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Hanson, ND is strongly conservative.
Ransom County, North Dakota is moderately 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.
Hanson, North Dakota: R r D D 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 Hanson, ND
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 3 contributions totaling $300 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $100 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 11 contributions totaling $1,900 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $173 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)