McHenry County, ND is a small rural county in the northeastern part of the state. Politically, the county has traditionally leaned Republican, with most elections being won by Republican candidates. In recent years however, Democratic candidates have made some inroads in local elections. The last few years have seen the emergence of local independent and third-party candidates running for office as well, offering residents an alternative to the traditional two-party system. The county has become more diverse politically in recent years as different views and opinions are given a platform. Many important issues facing McHenry County have been brought to light through increased political activity over the past several election cycles. Residents of McHenry County are actively engaged on issues ranging from education reform to tax policy and health care access, with each side advocating for their own ideas on how to best serve their communities.
The political climate in McHenry County, ND is very conservative.
In McHenry County, ND 18.8% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 78.7% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.5% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, McHenry county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 78.7% to 18.8%.
McHenry county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
McHenry County, ND is very conservative.
Minot Metro Area 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.
McHenry, 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 McHenry County, ND
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 39 contributions totaling $4,376 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $112 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 51 contributions totaling $7,757 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $152 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)