Hillsdale Township in Eddy County, North Dakota is a small rural community with limited political representation. Currently, the main governing body for Hillsdale Township is the Eddy County Commission. The commission consists of five members who are all elected by the residents of Eddy County every four years. The county commission has the power to set certain policies that affect Hillsdale Township, such as zoning laws and regulations regarding economic development. Additionally, they appoint various boards and committees to handle many aspects of local government, such as planning and land use issues. Furthermore, Hillsdale Township has no official mayor or representatives at the state level.
The political climate in Hillsdale township (Eddy County), ND is very conservative.
Eddy County, ND is very conservative. In Eddy County, ND 30.4% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 67.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Eddy county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 67.7% to 30.4%.
Eddy county voted Republican in five of the last six Presidential elections (2008 went Democratic).
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Hillsdale township (Eddy County), ND is very conservative.
Eddy 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.
Hillsdale township (Eddy County), North Dakota: R r d 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 Hillsdale township (Eddy County), ND
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 10 contributions totaling $2,165 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $217 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 3 contributions totaling $1,100 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $367 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)