Hope, ND is a small town with a population of about 3,500 people. The politics in Hope are managed by the city council, who meet regularly to discuss issues the community may face and how to best address them. The council is made up of seven members, each elected for a two-year term. They are responsible for important decisions such as creating and enforcing ordinances, setting budgets and fees, establishing property taxes, approving contracts with public agencies, as well as appointing department heads. Elections for the council take place every two years and all citizens of Hope are eligible to vote during these elections. Each election also features candidates from both major political parties running for positions on the city council.
The political climate in Hope, ND is moderately conservative.
Steele County, ND is strongly conservative. In Steele County, ND 36.0% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 59.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 4.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Steele county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 59.9% to 36.0%.
Steele county voted Republican again in 2020, after voting Democratic in 2012, 2008, and 2004.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Hope, ND is moderately conservative.
Steele County, North Dakota is strongly 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.
Hope, North Dakota: R d 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 Hope, ND
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 14 contributions totaling $3,150 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $225 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1 contributions totaling $100 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $100 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)