Rifle, North Dakota is a small, rural town in the heart of America. It is home to just over 500 people and has a very active political scene. The city government consists of five elected city council members that work together to make decisions for the betterment of the community. In addition to this, there are many local issues that the citizens are passionate about and have formed organizations around. Some examples of these include protecting the environment, improving street infrastructure, creating more job opportunities, and advocating for public safety reform. All of these issues are discussed at various forums held throughout Rifle where elected officials and citizens alike can engage in lively conversations about topics that matter most to them. Rifle is also host to an annual election where residents can cast their votes for the candidates they believe will best represent them and their needs as part of Rifle’s local government.
The political climate in Rifle, 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
Rifle, 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.
Rifle, 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 Rifle, ND
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1 contributions totaling $250 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $250 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 57 contributions totaling $5,152 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $90 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)