Mott, ND is a small town located in the heart of North Dakota with a population of just over 1,000 people. With such a small population, the local politics of Mott are fairly simple and relatively uncontested. Elections for town mayor and city council members are held every two years, with only one or two candidates ever running for each office. The current mayor is longtime resident Bill Smith, who has held the position since 2008 and has been re-elected every term since then. The town council consists of five members who serve staggered four-year terms. Generally speaking, there are no major partisan divisions in Mott's local politics, as most candidates identify as independent or nonpartisan in their campaigns. Decisions are often made based on consensus rather than party lines, and all residents are encouraged to actively participate in local elections to ensure that their voices and opinions can be heard and taken into account when decisions are made about the future of the community.
The political climate in Mott, 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
Mott, 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.
Mott, 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 Mott, ND
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 10 contributions totaling $2,185 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $219 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 12 contributions totaling $3,406 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $284 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)