West Hope, ND is a small town located in the northwest region of North Dakota. Politically, West Hope is fairly conservative with most of its residents voting Republican in local and state elections. The town has a council-manager type government, with a mayor and five-member city council that are elected by citizens every two years. The mayor acts as the chief executive and oversees the day-to-day operations of the city, while the council acts as the legislative branch and works to make laws, pass ordinances, and approve budgets. Local campaigns tend to be very grassroots in nature, focused on issues that directly impact the residents of West Hope such as improving road infrastructure, reducing taxes, and maintaining public safety. In addition to traditional political issues, many local candidates also emphasize economic development and job creation initiatives in order to help boost economic growth for the small community.
The political climate in West Hope, ND is strongly conservative.
Cavalier County, ND is very conservative. In Cavalier County, ND 23.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 74.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Cavalier county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 74.2% to 23.5%.
Cavalier county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
West Hope, ND is strongly conservative.
Cavalier 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.
West Hope, 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 West Hope, ND
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 40 contributions totaling $2,024 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $51 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 13 contributions totaling $9,755 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $750 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)