Oliver, ND County is a small rural community located in the heart of North Dakota. The county is well known for its agricultural production and has an active local government that represents its residents. Local politics focuses on issues such as education, public safety, economic development, and land use planning. The county is represented by two local political parties: the Republican Party and the Democratic-Nonpartisan League. Each party has their own representatives on the county board of commissioners who are elected every four years for a two year term. Elections are held in November and usually draw large crowds of voters from across the county. Issues discussed during these elections range from taxes to infrastructure to quality of life initiatives for Oliver, ND County’s citizens. As part of their election campaigns local candidates focus heavily on communicating with their constituents in order to ensure they are aware of their views and opinions before voting day arrives.
The political climate in Oliver County, ND is very conservative.
In Oliver County, ND 12.1% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 86.1% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Oliver county remained overwhelmingly Republican, 86.1% to 12.1%.
Oliver county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Oliver County, ND is very conservative.
Bismarck 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.
Oliver, 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 Oliver County, ND
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 13 contributions totaling $2,424 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $186 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 5 contributions totaling $950 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $190 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)