Billings County in North Dakota is a small rural county located in the northern part of the state. The county is governed by a Board of Commissioners, and each commissioner serves a four-year term. The current commissioners are Bob Johnson, Chester Reynolds, and Carl Peterson. Elections for the commissioners are held during the general election on the first Tuesday after the first Monday of November in even numbered years. Local political candidates campaigning for a seat on the board typically focus their campaigns on economic development and job creation, as well as other issues that affect residents such as education, healthcare, environmental protection, and public safety. Billings County has a strong tradition of civic engagement and political participation, with many residents getting actively involved in local elections.
The political climate in Billings County, ND is very conservative.
In Billings County, ND 11.3% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 85.2% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Billings county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 85.2% to 11.3%.
Billings county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Billings County, ND is very conservative.
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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.
Billings, 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 for the Democrat and I for the Independent. 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 Billings County, ND
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 3 contributions totaling $1,500 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $500 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 50 contributions totaling $89,375 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $1,788 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)