Merrill, North Dakota is a small town with a population of just over 500 people. Located in Bottineau County, Merrill is a rural community with a strong sense of community spirit and civic pride. The town has an active local government made up of elected officials who serve the needs of the citizens and ensure that their voices are heard. These local politicians work to create policies and programs that will benefit the community and its residents. They strive to foster economic growth, improve infrastructure, support education initiatives, create jobs, promote public safety initiatives, and much more. By working together with local citizens and businesses, the town of Merrill is able to provide a safe and prosperous environment for its citizens.
The political climate in Merrill, ND is strongly conservative.
Hettinger County, ND is very conservative. In Hettinger County, ND 14.9% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 83.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Hettinger county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 83.2% to 14.9%.
Hettinger county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Merrill, ND is strongly conservative.
Hettinger 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.
Merrill, 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 Merrill, ND
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 10 contributions totaling $2,185 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $219 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 13 contributions totaling $3,441 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $265 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)