South Valley, ND is a small town of approximately 2,000 residents located in the rural southeast region of the state. It has a long history of strong political engagement among its citizens who take pride in advocating for their community. In recent years, numerous local political candidates have emerged to represent the interests and values of South Valley’s constituents. These candidates include individuals from both major parties, as well as independent contenders who are passionate about fighting for issues such as education, healthcare reform, and economic development in South Valley. Each election season brings an exciting opportunity for residents to learn more about all the candidates’ platforms and vote for the one they believe will best serve their community. Through engaging with these candidates, South Valley citizens are continually striving to make their small town a better place to live.
The political climate in South Valley, ND is leaning liberal.
Rolette County, ND is very liberal. In Rolette County, ND 65.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 33.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.7% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Rolette county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 65.2% to 33.0%.
Rolette county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
South Valley, ND is leaning liberal.
Rolette County, North Dakota is very liberal.
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.
South Valley, North Dakota: D D D D D D
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 South Valley, ND
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 13 contributions totaling $1,710 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $132 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 3 contributions totaling $225 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $75 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)