Maine and North Dakota are two states located in the northern section of the United States. Both states have a rich political history, with Maine having voted for Democrats in every presidential election since 1992 and North Dakota leaning heavily towards Republican candidates. In both states, politics is largely based on local issues such as health care, education, infrastructure and immigration. Local elections in each state often feature candidates from both major parties as well as independents who may be running on their own platforms. Issues such as taxes, economic development, environmental protection and social services also play an important role in local elections. In Maine and North Dakota the electoral process is open to all qualified voters regardless of party affiliation or political point of view.
The political climate in Maine, ND is very conservative.
Adams County, ND is very conservative. In Adams County, ND 20.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 77.3% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Adams county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 77.3% to 20.3%.
Adams county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Maine, ND is very conservative.
Adams 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.
Maine, 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 Maine, ND
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 53 contributions totaling $4,761 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $90 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 74 contributions totaling $6,967 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $94 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)