Van Hook, North Dakota is a small town nestled in the northwest corner of the state. Although it has a small population, the people of Van Hook are very engaged in local politics. Every election season brings out members of the community to support their favorite candidates and discuss local issues that matter most to them. These issues include improvements to infrastructure, education funding, public safety, and quality of life initiatives like parks and recreation programs. The town has been represented by several different politicians from both major parties throughout its history, all of whom have sought to make Van Hook a better place for its citizens. Local residents take pride in voting for candidates who will best represent their interests and ensure their voices are heard on Capitol Hill.
The political climate in Van Hook, ND is strongly conservative.
Mountrail County, ND is very conservative. In Mountrail County, ND 30.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 67.8% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Mountrail county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 67.8% to 30.2%.
Mountrail county voted Republican in five of the last six Presidential elections (2008 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Van Hook, ND is strongly conservative.
Mountrail 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.
Van Hook, North Dakota: r r d 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 Van Hook, ND
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 432 contributions totaling $87,988 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $204 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 89 contributions totaling $31,067 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $349 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)