Hettinger, North Dakota is a small town located in Adams County. With a population of just over 1,200 people, the city of Hettinger prides itself on its strong community spirit and friendly atmosphere. The politics in Hettinger are quite local and do not involve any major national or state-level competition. Instead, local races for mayor, city council, and other positions are all handled within the town's boundaries. Recent elections have been largely uncontested yet highly competitive with candidates vying to represent their constituents' best interests. Issues facing the city include maintaining economic stability, providing quality services to citizens, and focusing on environmental sustainability. Through these local political races, residents have an opportunity to voice their opinions and nominate individuals who will best represent their values and beliefs while working toward improving the quality of life for everyone living in Hettinger.
The political climate in Hettinger, ND is strongly 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
Hettinger, ND is strongly 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.
Hettinger, 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 Hettinger, ND
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 42 contributions totaling $2,326 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $55 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 24 contributions totaling $2,285 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $95 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)