Norway is a parliamentary democracy with strong democratic traditions. The Norwegian Constitution, adopted in 1814, established a system of government based on the principles of popular sovereignty and rule by law. The Parliament of Norway (Stortinget) is composed of 169 members elected for a four-year term. The executive branch is headed by the Prime Minister who leads the Council of Ministers responsible to parliament. In addition to national politics, Norway's political landscape includes local governments which are largely autonomous in both taxation and decision-making processes. Local politicians represent parties from the left to right on the political spectrum, and municipal governments are responsible for providing services such as education, healthcare, public transport, and culture and leisure activities. Norway also participates actively in international organizations such as the European Union and NATO where it is represented by its Permanent Representative at each institution.
The political climate in Norway, IN is strongly conservative.
White County, IN is very conservative. In White County, IN 27.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 71.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, White county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 71.1% to 27.1%.
White county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Norway, IN is strongly conservative.
White County, Indiana is very conservative.
Indiana is somewhat 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.
Norway, Indiana: 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 Norway, IN
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 124 contributions totaling $10,401 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $84 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 91 contributions totaling $52,469 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $577 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)